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Oroville City Council to remedy Brown Act violation this week

donal brown November 16, 2009

After failing to put up for public discussion all details of a compensation package for a new fire chief, the Oroville City Council will correct the Brown Act violation by considering the package in an open meeting. -DB Oroville Mercury-Register November 15, 2009 By Mary Weston OROVILLE, Calif. — The City Council has an item to cure and correct a Brown Act violation on the docket Tuesday, as well as a decision about declaring housing

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Treasury Department charges over half million dollars to supply FOIA documents

donal brown November 13, 2009

In one of the largest bills ever for a FOIA request, the Treasury Department is asking a Missouri attorney to pay $522,886 for records he requested four years ago. The records concern the frozen assets of a former Libyan-backed company in the United States who Wood says owes his law firm legal fees. -DB Wired November 10, 2009 By David Kravets The Treasury Department wants more than $500,000 to comply with a Freedom of Information

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Foundation provides records of secret negotiations for telecom immunity in illegal government surveillance

donal brown November 12, 2009

Using the Freedom of Information Act, the Electronic Frontier Foundation obtained the records of secret negotiations between government agencies and Congress that provided immunity for telecoms cooperating with the government in warrantless surveillance of American citizens. -DB Electronic Frontier Foundation Press Release November 12, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO – Today the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) posted thousands of pages of records detailing behind-the-scenes negotiations between government agencies and Congress about providing immunity for telecoms involved in

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Cook County prosecutors claim Innocence Project journalism students paid witness to make a case

donal brown November 12, 2009

Prosecutors looking into the conduct of student journalists investigating a murder conviction for Northwestern University’s Innocence Project say they  subpoenaed students’ grades, e-mail messages and records because they believed students paid a witness to achieve a result supporting innocence. -DB The New York Times November 10, 2009 By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons CHICAGO — Prosecutors on Tuesday accused former journalism students at Northwestern University of paying a witness to record a video statement to help them

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Scramento City College student president reinstated after Brown Act violation in recall election

donal brown November 12, 2009

Associated Student Government President Steve Macias was back in office when backers of the nullified recall violated the Brown Act by not posting the time and location of a meeting to organize the recall election. Macias was the target of the recall for refusing administration orders to ask a pro-life group to leave campus during Constitution Day events. -DB Sac City Express.com November 9, 2009 By Stephanie Rodriguez Associated Student Government President Steve Macias has been

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