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Government officials use personal email and texting to avoid public access laws. Why not use technology to enhance accountability instead of to subvert it?
August 22, 2009
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[…] SEC's operating procedures relating to FOIA, which can be found at the following link: http://www.sec.gov/foia.shtml The FOIA requires federal agencies to respond to a request for information within 20 days; however, federal agencies routinely ignore that deadline. As a practical matter, you will likely need to follow up on your request on a regular basis.June 14, 2009
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Amici Briefs Digest – Sept. 2018
[…] that outlined the clear law in this area, and showed how the trial court’s order was clearly unconstitutional. Fortunately, the court voluntarily vacated the order a couple days later. Perry v. Hollingsworth—This amicus brief, filed in the Ninth Circuit by Reporters Committee in support of KQED, argues that the videotapes of the Proposition 8 […]September 20, 2018
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Security plans for the Democratic convention in Denver must be changed to make room for dissent
June 3, 2009
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Obtaining grand jury transcripts
Under California Penal Code section 938.1(b), transcripts of grand jury proceedings are available to the public, IF the grand jury votes to indict, 10 days after a copy of the transcript is given to the defendant or her attorney. Consequently, if the grand jury voted to indict the defendant, the transcripts of the grand […]June 14, 2009
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Government officials beware: the “private” emails you write today will be public tomorrow
April 24, 2013
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Secrecy surrounding public employees’ pay & benefits makes mockery of democracy
[…] case of Orange County, the proposed agreement must be debated at two board meetings and the agreement text must be published on the internet at least seven days before the first of those meetings. Not surprisingly, public employee unions oppose these transparency ordinances. But the unions would be making a mistake to try to […]June 24, 2015
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Sheriff’s office denies access to 2004 arrest documents saying too much time has elapsed
[…] App. 4th 588 (1993). It is unclear for how long past the date of arrest a record is considered "contemporaneous." But it is probably a matter of days or weeks, rather than years. That being said the exemption is discretionary. The sheriff can release the information, subject to some limits contained in the California […]October 4, 2011
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Council-elect make decisions, but claim documents are not public
October 21, 2010