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Orange County court denies Sierra Club low cost access to parcel map system

donal brown May 27, 2010

An Orange County Superior Court judge ruled in a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club  that the California Public Records Act (CPRA)  did not require the county to provide its Landbase parcel map system at little or no cost. In a ruling last year a state appeals court ruled in a First Amendment Coalition lawsuit that Santa Clara County had to release its parcel map system under the CPRA. -db The Orange County Register May

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Marin news staff wins Freedom of Information award in CNPA contest

donal brown April 22, 2010

A team of journalists on the staff of Marin’s Independent Journal won first place for Freedom of Information reporting in the 2009 California Newsaper Publisher Association contest. The staff members won for their work in getting the county to release payroll details that shed light on budget problems. -db Marin Independent Journal April 20, 2010 By Brad Breithaupt WINNING FIRST PLACE for our “Freedom of Information” reporting was a great honor for the IJ. In

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Business publication rates top 10 Obama administration open government programs

donal brown April 13, 2010

ExectiveBiz has published a list of its top open government programs, including many of direct help to business. -db ExecutiveBiz April 12, 2010 By Jim Garrettson Top 10 Open Government Programs Open Government has been a major priority of the Obama administration since the campaign trail, and last week was the publication deadline of each agency’s open government plan. Below, we’ve listed (in no particular order) our ten favorite open government initiatives and why they’re

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County judge sues newspaper for linking her e-mail account to online posts

donal brown April 12, 2010

An Ohio judge is suing the Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer for $50 million in damages for violating their privacy policy in revealing that the judge’s daughter wrote more than 80 posts on legal matters for their online edition. The newspaper claimed that questions about the propriety of the comments outweighed the privacy interests of the person posting the comments. -db The Plain Dealer April 8, 2010 By Leila Atassi CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County

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Cleveland newspaper causes stir by unmasking anonymous poster – a judge

donal brown March 29, 2010

In revealing the identity of a person posting comments on their site under the moniker “lawmiss”, the Cleveland Plain Dealer believed that the public’s right to know outweighed the importance of protecting the privacy of anonymous commentators. The “lawmiss” postings, it turned out, came from the e-mail address of a judge. -db The Plain Dealer March 26, 2010 By Henry J. Gomez CLEVELAND, Ohio — By unmasking an anonymous poster at its companion Web site,

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