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  • Asked and Answered

    The author of requested emails assigned to fulfill PRA request

    […] individual tasked with locating the relevant records and her relationship to those records. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition web site at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC […]

    August 5, 2011

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    CPRA

    CPRA not denied, but never produced by agency

    […] with appropriate legal arguments as to why these records are subject to disclosure. You can find more information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, at the First Amendment Coalition website at https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline […]

    February 2, 2011

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    Blog FAC News

    FAC Seeks Nominations for 2018 Free Speech & Open Government Award

    […] Annual Winter Meeting of the California Press Foundation, Dec. 6, in San Francisco. Please send nominations, supported by links to online documents or written materials such as letters and newspaper clippings to explain the nature of the performance, service or activity to be saluted, its context and its consequences. Self-nominations are encouraged. (Don’t be […]

    August 15, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    First Amendment

    Rights threatened by trade associations for voicing opposition to bill they favor

    […] favor of the measure, which is in direct violation of our mission statement to protect private property rights. The CEO of one group sent me a threatening letter saying that I was not authorized to speak for either organization; that I may not make those statements when indicating in any way any affiliation with […]

    November 11, 2013

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    Blog

    NSA may have adhered to legal rules, but legal rules can’t keep up with changes in surveillance technology

    […] likely to conclude that the agency was fairly scrupulous in its adherence to legal boundaries, and that its overstepping was infrequent, mostly unintentional and, in any event, corrected by the FISA Court in subsequent oversight proceedings. All this will reconfirm the truism that the legal system cannot possibly keep up with changes in technology. […]

    November 25, 2013

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    School District Is Citing Student Privacy As Reason for Denying CPRA Request

    […] explaining why you don’t believe the particular exemption cited would apply in your situation. You can find more information on the Public Records Act, including a sample letter, here. Bryan Cave LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, we can give […]

    May 18, 2018

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    Accessing Government Phone Records

    […] etc. and that privilege can not be invoked by a municipality or local government to redact the incoming and outgoing phone numbers from those records.  Is that correct?  If so - where has this been done before?  Other than the 2005 San Diego City Attorney opinion, are there more legal opinions on this out […]

    June 14, 2009

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    Advocacy Blog

    Why FAC is Urging the Biden Administration to End Assange Prosecution

    […] not a "real journalist." This approach is as wrongheaded as it is dangerous. We must speak out now.The Biden administration should drop these charges. Read the coalition's letter, spearheaded by the Freedom of the Press Foundation, and related coverage in the New York Times, "Civil-Liberties Groups Ask Biden Justice Dept. to Drop Julian Assange […]

    February 8, 2021

  • Asked and Answered

    CPRA

    How long does the agency have to reply to my records request?

    […] the FAC's Lawyer's Assistance Request Form at http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/lawyers-assistance-request-form/. You might also find this link, which contains additional information about the Public Records Act, including a sample request letter, helpful: http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/category/resources/access-to-records/. Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is general counsel for the First Amendment Coalition and responds to FAC hotline inquiries. In responding to these inquiries, […]

    January 19, 2012