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Freedom of Information Act requests down in 2009

donal brown June 8, 2010

The Obama administration attributes a significant drop in FOIA requests in 2009 to their efforts to post more government data online. But a recent report said that less than a third of federal agencies had changed their FOIA procedures since his first day in office when President Obama ordered them to “adopt a presumption in favor” of requests. -db The Washington Post June 7, 2010 By Ed O’Keefe Formal requests for federal data and information

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Texas high school principal pulls newspaper for pro-marijuana editorial

donal brown June 8, 2010

A Texas high school newspaper adviser resigned after the principal pulled an issue of the school newspaper that contained an editorial advocating legalizing marijuana, saying that the censorship was supported by the community and in its best interests. The superintendent claimed the editorial conflicted with the educational goals of the district in discouraging illegal drug use. -db Student Press Law Center June 7, 2010 By Josh Moore TEXAS — The newspaper adviser at Big Spring

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Del Mar: Parents want school board to fulfill campaign promises for open government and full transparency

donal brown June 8, 2010

Four parents have criticized the Del Mar Unified School District Board of Trustees for not allowing the community a reasonable opportunity to weigh in on the selection of a new superintendent. They say that bending the state’s open meeting law, the Brown Act, is not responsible leadership. –db Del Mar Times May 26, 2010 By Suzanne Hall, Torrey Hills parent, Lesley Ballard, Sage Canyon parent, Janet Handzel, Sage Canyon parent and Jill Steiner, Carmel Del

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ACLU sues over access to surveillance documents

donal brown June 7, 2010

The American Civil Liberties filed suit in federal district court to obtain documents concerning the federal government’s surveillance of U.S. citizens using the electronic media to communicate with people overseas. -db FierceGovernment June 7 2010 By David Perera The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit June 3 in a New York federal district court to receive documents pertaining to the government’s implementation of a 2008 law that allows electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens’ communications with

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FCC plans to establish legal authority over Internet through reclassification plan

donal brown June 7, 2010

The Federal Communications Commission wants to regulate the Internet as a phone service it says which would settle legal uncertainties and increase investment. -db The Wrap June 03, 2010 By Ira Teinowitz A second FCC commissioner is rejecting as hogwash contentions that regulating the internet as a phone service would lead to massive disruption and economic woes. An appellate court has ruled that the FCC has no legal authority over the internet, which the commission

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