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The California Supreme Court struck a blow today for public access to government records in reversing a lower court decision holding that Orange County did not have to provide the public its geographic information system (GIS) free of charge. The Sierra Club sued the county after it proposed a fee of $375,000 for the database. The GIS creates a map with parcels of land including geographic boundaries, assessor parcel numbers, street address and links to

The Justice Department would have to obtain federal court approval to seize telephone and e-mail records from journalist under a House of Representatives bill proposed by a bipartisan groups of legislators. (The Hill, May 22, 2013, by Jordy Yager) The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) argues that the bill is only a partial fix and that in seeking permission for the records, the government should have to show probable cause under the Fourth Amendment. EFF also

A Santa Clara County judge ruled that personal e-mail accounts and other electronic messages about city business had to be provided to the public under the state’s public records law. Open government advocates saw the ruling as a key advancement in closing a huge loophole in the California Public Records Act. (San Jose Mercury News, March 20, 2013, by John Woolfolk) The ruling could have widespread effect in California as similar battles over access to