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Government transparency: Single pool of storage could save money and allow better access

donal brown August 23, 2010

Deluged by data, the federal government looks to virtualized storage to create a single pool of storage capacity controlled from a central console making it easier to retrieve data. -db NextGov August 23, 2010 By Carolyn Duffy Marsan The federal government is awash in data. And it’s expanding at rates faster than chief information officers can count. No one knows exactly how much information agencies have stored in their far-flung databases, but experts say it’s

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California judge rules against court in attempt to block publication of courtroom photos

donal brown August 23, 2010

A superior court judge ruled that the Los Angeles Times could publish photos of a murder defendant taken with the court’s permission. The judge said the attempt to bar the photos was unconstitutional prior restraint. -db Metropolitan News-Enterprise August 20, 2010 By Kenneth Ofgang A Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s order barring publication of photos that were taken of a defendant in the courtroom with the jurist’s permission is an unconstitutional prior restraint, the Court

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Illinois: ACLU suit seeks to allow citizen recording of police in action

donal brown August 23, 2010

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois is filing a federal lawsuit challenging the Illinois Eavesdropping Act that criminalizes recording public conversations without the consent of all parties. The ACLU claims that  police routinely record encounters with drivers they pull over, but drivers are not allowed to record police conversations. -db Chicago Tribune August 19, 2010 By Becky Schlikerman and Kristen Mack It’s not unusual or illegal for police officers to flip on a camera

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Free speech: Federal court upholds ethics rule limiting judges’ speech on right to life

donal brown August 23, 2010

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an Indiana anti-abortion group may not eliminate Illinois ethics rules prohibiting judges from speaking out on issues that might come up in court. -db First Amendment Center August 23, 2010 By The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana anti-abortion group has lost its latest attempt to block state ethics rules that prohibit judges from speaking out on issues that might come up in court. A three-judge panel

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Tulare County supervisors likely to evade suit on alleged open meeting violations

donal brown August 23, 2010

A superior court judge indicated she would dismiss an open meeting lawsuit against the Tulare County Board of Supervisors from lack of solid evidence. The supervisors were alleged to have violated California’s Brown Act by meeting regularly for lunch, they claimed, to build team solidarity. -db Visalia Times-Delta August 21, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons A Tulare County Superior Court judge will likely dismiss an open meetings lawsuit against the Tulare County Board of Supervisors next

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