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Agency investigating GSA for travel fraud refusing to release records

donal brown May 14, 2012

The office of the Inspector General for the General Services Administration has refused a Freedom of Information Act request for documents on their investigation of GSA travel fraud saying to release the documents would jeopardize the investigation. As part of the inquiry, the Inspector General is looking into the profligate spending at a 2010 GSA conference in Las Vegas. -db From The Washington Times, May 10, 2012, by Jim McElhatton. Full story  

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Federal court shields Google/NSA partnership from public scrutiny

donal brown May 14, 2012

The U.S. Court of Appeals from D.C. ruled that interchanges between Google and the National Security Agency on cybersecurity and encryption are not part of the public record. The Electronic Privacy Information Center used a Freedom of Information Act request to seek the records following a cyber attack against Google in 2012. -db From The Blog of Legal Times, May 11, 2012, by Mike Scarcella. Full story

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California: Disturbing lack of transparency in firing Atwater superintendent

donal brown May 14, 2012

By a 3-2 vote the trustees of the Atwater Elementary School District fired the district superintendent, Melinda Hennes,  without explanation. Hennes had been on the job for seven years and recently received a favorable evaluation from the trustees. The trustees owe the public an explanation not only for the firing but also how the three reached the decision to fire Hennes without any official meeting time, argues the Merced Sun-Star in an editorial. -db From

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California: Shasta courts admits error and releases records of 2400 criminal cases

donal brown May 10, 2012

At the insistence of The Redding Record Searchlight that records of some 2400 criminal cases were being withheld illegally, the Shasta County Superior Court finally examined their policy, found no basis for it and released the records. The court was withholding records of criminal cases involving arrest warrants. -db From The Redding Record Searchlight, May 8, 2012, by Sean Longoria. Full story

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California’s open meeting law allows memos from superintendents to school board with some caveats

donal brown May 10, 2012

Customary weekly memos from superintendents to school board members does not necessarily violate the Brown Act, the state’s open meeting law, provided that the memos avoid relaying the policy positions of board members, writes James Scot Yarnell in a legal analysis for Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo. -db From an analysis for the law corporation, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo, May 8, 2012, by James Scot Yarnell. Full story

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