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Obama blasts Afghans for expelling reporter who refused to ID confidential sources. So why the continued pursuit, at home, of NYT reporter James Risen?

To its credit, the Obama administration was quick and forceful in its condemnation of the Afghan government’s expulsion of New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg, who had angered the Karzai government by reporting that high-level Afghan officials were considering bypassing electoral procedures to establish an interim government—in effect, to stage a coup. But the […]
- Press Freedom
August 23, 2014
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No more slaps on the wrist: Public Spankings for violators of open-government laws

[…] spanking of children. While few legislators seem to want to follow the San Jose Democrat off this particular cliff, Lieber’s idea does suggest another possible connection between government and spanking. A source of great frustration to advocates of government openness and accountability is the absence of any meaningful enforcement of California’s open government laws. […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
June 2, 2009
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FAC Seeks to Unseal Gov. Brown’s Request to Pardon Embattled Former State Senator

[…] now pending before the court. Governor Brown asked the state Supreme Court in October to review whether Wright should be pardoned. Under the California Constitution, the governor must get a majority recommendation from the Supreme Court before being able to grant clemency to anyone "twice convicted of a felony," which applies to Wright. As […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
November 20, 2018
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FAC Prompts Disclosure of California Governor Jerry Brown’s Social Media ‘Block Lists’

[…] records are clearly subject to disclosure under the CPRA. Earlier this year, the California Supreme Court held that communications and records created, sent or received on non- governmental devices or accounts are subject to the CPRA. "We are glad that the Governor ultimately decided to release the records FAC sought, and that he has […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
September 27, 2017
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FAC Prevails in Lawsuit Against Bakersfield Over Open Meetings, Records Violations

The First Amendment Coalition has prevailed in a lawsuit against the city of Bakersfield, with a judge ruling that the city council violated open- government laws when it held three closed-door sessions to discuss city finances and then refused to release public records related to those meetings. The ruling, a complete victory for FAC […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
January 10, 2020
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FAC lawsuit leads to model CPRA policy for dot-gov email

Auburn and San Jose are the first cities in California to adopt policies acknowledging the public’s right of access to city officials’ emails about government business--regardless of the kind of email accounts used to send or receive those emails. Emails have long been covered by California’s Public Records Act (PRA), which treats paper records […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
December 23, 2012
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FAC Honors Open Vallejo, Kaiser Health News, and The Maine Monitor with Annual Award

[…] IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2023 Contact: [email protected] SAN RAFAEL – The First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the winners of its 2022 Free Speech and Open Government Award: three journalists who strategically used public records to expose government misconduct and failures of accountability. Some of this work resulted in significant government reforms. Through […]
- Government Transparency and Accountability
February 27, 2023
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Consumers blindsided by secret settlements in hi-tech patent lawsuits

[…] to competition. Agreements in patent feuds between competitors, like the Apple-HTC settlement, pose an even greater threat to competition than mergers. If class actions and mergers require government approval, settlements in patent suits between rivals should be subject to at least the same level of scrutiny. Apple, Samsung, et al. no doubt would defend […]

December 23, 2012
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Blogger-Journalist Josh Wolf must be the first journalist to go to jail to protect evidence he didn’t have.

[…] battle is finally and thankfully over, one may reasonably ask: Was all this really necessary? Journalists have an obligation--not a privilege or right, but an obligation--to resist government attempts to force them to disclose evidence that the government wants for an investigation or prosecution, but that they possess as a result of their reporting. […]
- Press Freedom
June 2, 2009
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AG Jerry Brown’s decision to oppose Prop 8 in the Supreme Court will, ironically, only help the pro-Prop 8 forces

[…] case poses a test of the Court's legitimacy, its most valuable asset, at a crucial moment in its history. The Court is the only institution of California government that is seen as able to take on hard issues, to decide them in the public interest, and to act decisively. Although its authority has never […]

June 3, 2009