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Gov. Rell signs bill to protect senior citizens from Freedom of Information Act

FAC July 22, 2010

Governor M. Jodi Rell today highlighted legislation that protects the privacy of senior citizens by exempting their personal information from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) disclosure requests of publicly operated senior centers. July 22, 2010 By  The Middle Town Press House Bill 5278, An Act Concerning Senior Centers and the Freedom of Information Act, excludes the disclosure of name, address, telephone number or e-mail address of anyone who is a member of, or enrolled in

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Wall Street Journal reporter handcuffed at courthouse

FAC July 22, 2010

A Wall Street Journal reporter was handcuffed and carted away today after repeatedly ignoring a U.S. marshal’s request to leave Sam Adam Sr. alone as the veteran attorney tried to exit the federal courthouse. Chicago Breaking News Center July 21, 2010 By Stacie St. Clair Doug Belkin was outside the boundaries dedicated for media interviews during Rod Blagojevich’s corruption trial.  Adam is one of the former governor’s attorneys. Belkin was told three times to quit questioning

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New federal online identity plan raises privacy and free speech concerns

FAC July 21, 2010

The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled  “National Strategy for Trusted Identities Cyberspace” (NSTIC). Commentary/ Electronic Frontier Foundation July 21, 2010 By  Lee Tien and Seth Schoen The White House recently released a draft of a troubling plan titled “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” (NSTIC). In previous iterations, the project was known as the “National Strategy for Secure Online Transactions” and emphasized, reasonably, the private sector’s development of technologies

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Media Access Project: FCC defense of Martin-era newspaper-broadcast ownership liberalization could be harmful for diversity

FAC July 21, 2010

Press Release/ Media Access Project Commentary July 21, 2010 By Media Access Project WASHINGTON — Today, the Federal Communications Commission filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit addressing broadcast media ownership rules. In the brief, the Commission’s majority, with Commissioner Michael J. Copps dissenting, supported former-Chairman Kevin Martin’s 2007 decision to relax the Newspaper Broadcast Cross-Ownership (NBCO) rule in the nation’s top 20 media markets, while upholding other television

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UF First Amendment project files brief with U.S. Supreme Court in funeral protest case

FAC July 21, 2010

Press Release/ UF July 21, 2010 By University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project joined three other free speech groups to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court last week. They filed it as part of Snyder v. Phelps, a free speech case centering on military funeral protests by members of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan. “The Snyder case pits the First Amendment

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