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No more slaps on the wrist: Public Spankings for violators of open-government laws
June 2, 2009
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Newspapers are not dead yet.
[…] portals. Newspapers should withhold their content from all but paying subscribers for at least 24 hours, proposes Peter Scheer, a lawyer, journalist and executive director of the nonprofit. "A temporary embargo, by depriving the Internet of free, trustworthy news in real-time, would, I believe, quickly establish the true value of that information. Imagine the […]June 2, 2009
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NEW name, NEW website, Bigger role, Same mission
September 22, 2009
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New 1st amendment case poses existential threat to public employee unions
[…] threat facing government unions comes from . . . the First Amendment. In a scarcely-noticed lawsuit filed Monday in federal district court in Los Angeles, a conservative nonprofit, the Center for Individual Rights, claims that California’s system for collecting union dues from government employees abridges free speech safeguards by compelling employees to subsidize union […]May 2, 2013
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MuckRock, The New York Times, Bloomberg, and the North Coast Journal Honored with FAC’s Free Speech and Open Government Award
[…] and Open Government Award: Thadeus Greenson of the North Coast Journal; Al-Amyn Sumar and David McCabe of The New York Times and Leah Nylen of Bloomberg; and nonprofit, collaborative news platform MuckRock. Following a single tip, Thadeus Greenson of the North Coast Journal obtained, through several public records requests, more than 2,000 pages of […]February 26, 2024
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Major newspapers back CFAC/MAPlight lawsuit to expand public access to Legislative actions
[…] "It takes incredible resources to pry something out of their hands." There is no mystery about why California politicians might be reluctant to cooperate with MAPLight. The nonprofit, nonpartisan group has set up an easy-to-navigate way for voters to track the connection between contributions and votes in Congress. It hopes to do the same […]June 2, 2009
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Lies, bigoted rants and snuff videos: Why defense of free speech often entails defense of seriously unsavory characters.
February 7, 2012
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Leading Constitutional Law Scholar Erwin Chemerinsky Joins FAC Board
[…] and government transparency." Chemerinsky joins a 23-member board composed of working and retired journalists, lawyers, publishers and community leaders. ABOUT FAC The First Amendment Coalition is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing free speech, government transparency and public participation in civic affairs. Bookmark our free Legal Hotline, resources on accessing public records and meetings, […]May 7, 2020
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Last Call: 2021 Free Speech and Open Government Award Nominations Due
November 11, 2021