Search

Categories

Total Results

No Record Found

View All Results
DONATE

donal brown

Movie star must show allegations of homosexuality actionable defamation

donal brown December 10, 2009

Movie star Ron Livingston will have no slam dunk in his defamation suit against an anonymous Internet user who falsely claimed Livingston was romantically involved with a man. CMLP’s Sam Bayard says there is no firm legal precedent supporting Livingston’s lawsuit. -DB Citizens Media Law Project Analysis December 9, 2009 By Sam Bayard Maybe I’m a big dork, but I think Office Space is a totally hilarious movie. And based on his starring role in the

Read More »

Secrecy News cites two agencies that need to get with the program on new federal transparency

donal brown December 10, 2009

The director of the Program on Government Secrecy says that key government departments are responding to the new open government directive but that two agencies stand out for blocking public access, the CIA and the Open Source Center. -DB Secrecy News Federation of American Scientists Commentary December 10, 2009 By Steven Aftergood The Obama Administration’s new open government policy has begun to elicit a response from executive branch agencies. The Department of Defense, the Department of

Read More »

While applauding federal transparency directive, online rights advocate points to pockets of secrecy

donal brown December 10, 2009

A senior counsel for the Electronic Freedom Foundation gives the White House credit for its efforts to improve transparency but says that the Obama administration has yet to respond to requests for information on crucial technology policy issues made last January and February. -DB Electronic Freedom Foundation Commentary December 8, 2009 By David L. Sobel The Obama Administration today issued its long-awaited Open Government Directive (OGD), a blueprint for transparency that the President promised on

Read More »

Rights foundation gives New York university its dubious award for restrictive speech code

donal brown December 10, 2009

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has made the speech code of the State University of New York Brockport its “Speech Code of the Month.” The foundation says the code is “unconstitutional on many levels.” -DB FIRE Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Opinion December 3, 2009 SUNY Brockport’s “Internet/Email Rules and Regulations” state that All uses of Internet/e-mail that harass, annoy or otherwise inconvenience others are not acceptable. This includes, but is not limited

Read More »

Ventura: Citizens trying to save library claim information withheld about city finances

donal brown December 10, 2009

A group of Ventura citizens is asking the Grand Jury to investigate whether the city deliberately withheld information that showed there was sufficient money to keep the H.P. Wright Library open. The citizens also claim the city violated the Brown Act, the state’s open government law. -DB Ventura County Reporter December 10, 2009 By Paul Sisolak After a sit-in last week failed to reverse the impending closure of Ventura’s struggling H.P. Wright Library, a devoted

Read More »