Archive for ‘Public Information’

Darian Ward, press secretary for Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, lost two weeks of pay after she failed to turn over thousands of documents.

Source: Mayor’s press secretary suspended for hiding emails about side business | abc13.com

Priscilla Villarreal, 32, a Texas news blogger known as ‘La Gordiloca,’ has been charged with felony counts of misuse of official information for revealing the name of a suicide victim.

Source: Texas blogger ‘La Gordiloca’ arrested on two felony counts | Daily Mail Online

FOIA Suits Jump In 2014 | The FOIA Project.

A state judge on Monday rejected the city of New Orleans’ request to block NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune from continuing to report about an NOPD document on the investigation of a Texas woman’s alleged rape in a French Quarter hotel after Mardi Gras this year.

via Judge rejects city request to block NOLA.com | The Times Picayune from reporting on rape investigation | NOLA.com.

Yale admits it was wrong to unplug student course evaluation website.

Schools Create Their Own FOIA Interpretation

Newspaper warns of action over meeting.

Healing scars: 30 years after wife shot him, Abilene man looks to move forward » Abilene Reporter-News Mobile.

Police Response

Open Records Request 10-016427

Abilene Request for AG Opinion

Some months ago, ASNE’s Freedom of Information Committee began a survey of newspaper Web sites, exploring their use of public records data. The initial goal was to establish a baseline of available records and make that report available so news organizations could use the information to push for greater online transparency in their communities and states.

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