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FAC Seeks Nominations for 2017 Free Speech & Open Government Award

FAC September 7, 2017

The First Amendment Coalition is soliciting nominees for the FAC Free Speech & Open Government Award, given each year for performance of exemplary work in the arena of open government. Qualifications for the award are outstanding accomplishment, service or other contributions to “the people’s right to know” about government. The winner, or winners, could be a journalist, blogger, lawyer, news organization (print or digital), software developer or community activist. We wish to recognize an individual

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Ninth Circuit criticized for secrecy in anonymous speech case

donal brown July 25, 2017

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of of Appeals has stated its intention to decide an important free speech issue on the rights of anonymous speakers on the internet in secret without the benefit of amici briefs. The case arose when the United States served a subpoena on Glassdoor, an employer-rating site, that sought the identities of over 100 psuedonymous accounts that posted reviews on an employer subject to federal criminal investigation. Glassdoor refused to comply

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Atlanta mayor blocks transparency with release of millions of paper documents

donal brown February 23, 2017

In a novel move to stymie inquiry, Atlanta Mayor Kassim Reed released 1.476 million documents related to FBI investigations into alleged bribes for city contracts. Reed and the city attorney claimed that the release was a boon to transparency. Reed said he produced the documents in paper form to expedite the release and said he planned to make the documents available in electronic form but did not say when. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 9, 2017,

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Privacy Policy & Terms of Service

FAC February 17, 2017

about us Privacy Policy Privacy Policy Terms of Service Your information privacy is extremely important to us.  We have prepared this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, protect, and disclose information and data when you use the First Amendment Coalition website (“Site”) and any First Amendment Coalition application programming interfaces, and other services offered by First Amendment Coalition. (“Services”).  This Privacy Policy also explains your choices for managing your information preferences, including opting

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A&A: CA Medical Board non-responsive to PRA request

FAC September 11, 2016

Q: I am a volunteer patient safety advocate in California. I have been trying to get a series of document from the Medical Board of California (and their parent the Department of Consumer Affairs) through public records requests. I think I’ve only received one document, and it wasn’t the document I requested, and the document they sent had whole sections missing and a number of individual pages (there were a few pages marked with redactions).

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