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Call for nominations – Free Speech & Open Government Awards

FAC September 9, 2016

programs open gov award Free Speech & Open Government Awards Call for Nominations   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

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One judge’s brilliant (and hilarious) rejoinder to lawyers trying to cut off public access to court documents

Peter Scheer August 24, 2015

Thumbs up to federal District Judge Charles Breyer, who has come up with a brilliant—and hilarious—way to register displeasure with the practice of over-sealing documents and information in the official record of court cases. Judge Breyer (whose brother is Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer) has presided for several years over a shareholders’ lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard concerning the company’s ill-fated acquisition of a British software company that turned out to be worth billions less than HP thought

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Call for nominations 2015 FAC FOI Award

FAC August 19, 2015

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 or institution

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FAC Seeks Nominations for 2014 Free Speech & Open Government Award

FAC October 8, 2014

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 could be a journalist, blogger, lawyer, news organization (print or digital), software developer or community activist. We wish to recognize an individual or institution

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Big victory in CA Supreme Court case on public access to government data

Peter Scheer July 9, 2013

In a major victory for open government and data access, the California Supreme Court yesterday ruled that Orange County cannot restrict access to its electronic mapping data–a so-called “basemap.” The Court decided unanimously that the county basemap is a public record under the Public Records Act, which means that it must be made available without use restrictions and for the cost of duplication–a few dollars at most. At the start of the case, Orange County

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