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California Supreme Court to hear case challenging restrictions on releasing computer data

donal brown September 19, 2011

Why is okay to withhold information transferred to electronic format when the same information in document form is available under the California Public Records Act( (CPRA)? That is the question the California Supreme Court will consider in reviewing a Court of Appeal decision that Orange County could charge the Sierra Club $300,000 for the Orange County GIS basemap of public property information, effectively blocking public access. The lower court had ruled that transferring the property

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A&A:Costs soar for City Council meeting DVDs

FAC September 5, 2011

Q: I know that cities cannot charge for staff time when it comes to making photocopies in public records requests. Does this extend to DVDs as well? It appears we are being charged staff time, so DVDs now cost $18 each. Previously I was able to get them free by bringing in a blank DVD disc, which is of minimal cost to me. I can deal with $5, but $18 per meeting DVD is much

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Two civil liberties groups file motion to challenge WikiLeaks probe

donal brown February 9, 2011

The Electronic Freedom Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a motion to challenge the Justice Department’s  attempt to obtain the Twitter records of a former WikiLeaks associate. Among others, the U.S. government is is targeting Birgitta Jonsdottir, a member of Iceland’s parliament. Jonsdottir was one of two people who helped Wikileaks prepare a classified military video published last April by the site. -db From Wired, February 8, 2011, By Kim Zetter. Full Story

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Obama administration praised for commitment to transparency

donal brown January 24, 2011

While the Obama administration was praised for its initiatives on open government, speakers at the American University law school’s conference on transparency expressed frustration at the continued lack of access to useable government data. -db The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press January 21, 2011 By Rachel Costello Leading experts on transparency issues and representatives of the Obama administration gathered Thursday at American University’s Washington College of Law for the “Transparency in the Obama

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A&A: Documents once public now denied

FAC January 12, 2011

Q: In the past 3 years we have requested and received public records of the names and addresses of  individual medical technicians licensed by the state. The requested public records have been given to us by three different methods. 1. In electronic format by a typed document created by the State of California 2. In electronic excel format as provided medical technicians association 3. In paper copies as provided by that group. Since July 26

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