Open Government News
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Franklin Regional appointment raises procedural questions - Tribune-Review
18 Jun 2013 | 11:55 pmFranklin Regional appointment raises procedural questionsTribune-Review“I'm very disappointed in the process and feel they violated the Sunshine law,” Bach said. “The choice had already been made. I thought the process was flawed.” Cambest would not comment other than to cite[…]
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EDITORIAL: A chamber of secrets - Pensacola News Journal
18 Jun 2013 | 3:03 pmEDITORIAL: A chamber of secretsPensacola News JournalIn return for those dollars, we expect the chamber to act in both the spirit and the letter of Florida's Sunshine Law, which allows taxpayers to see how their money is being spent. Monday[…]
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Sunshine Week sheds light on open government - Inland Press
18 Jun 2013 | 12:33 pmSunshine Week sheds light on open governmentInland PressSunshine Week participants include news and journalism organizations, civic leaders, librarians, public officials, bloggers, teachers, students and a growing list of nonprofit groups and associations. Many Sunshine Week materials are also available in ...
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Scott Vetoes Public-Records Exemption For Voters' E-mail Addresses - WFSU
17 Jun 2013 | 7:11 pmScott Vetoes Public-Records Exemption For Voters' E-mail AddressesWFSUFlorida Gov. Rick Scott signed the law but vetoed an exemption that would have taken those voters' email addresses out of public record. President of the open-government group Florida First Amendment Foundation, Barbara[…]
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Fair comment or needless insults? West Palm debates free speech at meetings - Palm Beach Post (blog)
16 Jun 2013 | 10:43 pmFair comment or needless insults? West Palm debates free speech at meetingsPalm Beach Post (blog)Barbara Petersen, president of the the Florida First Amendment Foundation, said Muoio's distinction doesn't make sense. “They represent our interest and they're public servants, which means[…]
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SJSD Responds to Sunshine Law Complaints - stjoechannel.com
12 Jun 2013 | 9:04 pmSJSD Responds to Sunshine Law Complaintsstjoechannel.com... will accept any recommendations the Attorney General's office might make. The original complaints alleged a meeting held in February that was not posted as Sunshine Law requires and also emails circulated among board members[…]
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Florida's Transparency 2.0 remains unavailable to the public - Ballot News
6 Jun 2013 | 8:25 pmFlorida's Transparency 2.0 remains unavailable to the publicBallot NewsIntegrity Florida and the First Amendment Foundation were given passwords to the website, and found that it was the only one of three existing state transparency sites to provide comprehensive spending information[…]
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US district judge adopts opinion in Kaleta Sunshine Law lawsuit - News Item
1 Jun 2013 | 8:01 amUS district judge adopts opinion in Kaleta Sunshine Law lawsuitNews ItemWILLIAMSPORT - Last month's recommendation by a federal judge to continue a lawsuit against Northumberland County Commissioners Vinny Clausi and Stephen Bridy and the county on a Sunshine Law violation[…]
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Gov. Nixon Signs Law Reinstating Exemptions to Sunshine Law - OzarksFirst.com
31 May 2013 | 6:47 pm
Read more...KMOV.comGov. Nixon Signs Law Reinstating Exemptions to Sunshine LawOzarksFirst.comJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon signed House Bill 256 Friday, reinstating public safety exemptions to Missouri's Sunshine Law. Gov. Nixon says the exemptions, which expired at the end of 2012,[…]
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Lawmakers give lip service to improving Sunshine Law - Call Newspapers
28 May 2013 | 11:35 pmLawmakers give lip service to improving Sunshine LawCall NewspapersMay 29, 2013 - Back in December, we wrote a column optimistic that 2013 would be the year the Missouri Legislature finally would approve some significant reform to the state's Open Meetings[…]
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