FOIA in the news, September 7, 2012
FOIAchat was a weekly conference on Twitter that occurred between 2010 and 2013 from 2 PM to 3 PM EST under the hashtag #foiachat. The discussion invited collaboration between activists, citizens, bloggers, and journalists on public records requests topics. Topics included the Freedom of Information Act and state equivalents, open meetings laws, and related issues.[1]
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During this FOIAchat, 22 contributors participated. To review this FOIAchat on Twitter, click here.
Related links
- Politico - Obama Administration attempts to block Solyndra FOIA, rejected on a technicality
- FCW - Is Open Government Enough?
- FCW - Technology to clear FOIA backlog is underused, according to GAO
- Sunshine Review - What Are Public Records for Schools?
- Sunlight Foundation - South Dakota forms task force on open government
- Orange County Register - Costa Mesa approves public meeting contract negotiations
- Mackinac Center - Michigan Protect Our Jobs amendment could increase governmental secrecy
Footnotes
- ↑ This article is one of approximately 120 on Ballotpedia about FOIAchats. These articles are among 37,000 created by the nonprofit Sunshine Review, which Ballotpedia acquired in July 2013.
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