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It’s Sunshine Week. Here’s how to get involved.
March 15, 2021
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Introducing Our Police Transparency Guide
October 6, 2020
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If China unplugs Google, it will be the first time China’s people will know what they are not being allowed to see. This should give the censors pause.
[…] way, it can exclude Google from China without having to contend with 140 million disgruntled Google customers. Here's hoping the censors lose their bet. =============== Peter Scheer is Executive Director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy organization which has petitioned the federal government to challenge China's internet censorship before the WTO. google-china-ethics-790476 google-china-ethics-790476March 24, 2010
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How to sabotage California’s Public Records Act
[…] Not for these requesters--indeed, the Willows editor, Tim Crews, will be forced to shut down his newspaper if the penalty is sustained. Nor for the news organizations, nonprofits, community activists and all others who, through their requests for information under the California Public Records Act (PRA), try to learn what their elected officials are […]October 15, 2012
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Have a legal question on FOI issues? Ask us. FREE!
[…] Amendment protections for journalists, bloggers and ordinary citizens, and other open-government issues. I’m writing because FAC wants you to use this completely FREE service. FAC is a nonprofit. Our Legal Hotline service is made possible by grants from the McCormick, Knight, CS and Central Valley Foundations, as well as individuals who contribute generously to […]August 6, 2011
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Four Open-Government Battles We Are Fighting and Why They Matter
December 19, 2019
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For Obama’s Nominee to Head CIA: a Few Questions on Use of Drone Strikes
[…] the other? If the latter is permissible, why not the former? ------- Peter Scheer, a lawyer and journalist, is executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, a nonprofit organization. FAC has sued the U.S. Justice Department under FOIA for access to the secret government memo concerning the killing of al-Awlaki. FAC's suit is now […]March 5, 2013
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First Amendment Coalition Welcomes Veteran Journalist and Publisher Kat Rowlands as Board President
[…] City News, returned as owner and publisher in 2018, expanding the 24/7 regional newswire to cover 12 counties in the greater Bay Area and launching an affiliated nonprofit to do public service journalism. The free LocalNewsMatters.org site provides reporting on the people, places and topics that deserve more attention, including civic affairs. "FAC’s commitment […]February 6, 2023
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First Amendment Attorney Duffy Carolan Elected President of FAC Board of Directors
January 15, 2018