Port will settle lawsuits with open government advocate
The Port of Olympia commission voted Monday night to move forward with a final settlement agreement covering three lawsuits, two of which were filed against the port nearly eight years ago. The...
View ArticleU.S. Tells Court That Documents From Torture Investigation Should Remain Secret
The Obama administration has urged a court to reject a request to disclose thousands of pages of documents from a Justice Department investigation into the torture of detainees by the Central...
View ArticleOpinion: Citizens united going to court over "stonewalled" Hillary records
This week Citizens United sued the State Department in federal court over its unlawful withholding of documents relating to Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. We are currently in...
View ArticleMackinac Center Sues Michigan Liquor Control Commission Over FOIA Fees
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy today filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in Midland County Circuit Court against the Michigan Liquor Control Commission over illegal fees the government...
View ArticleOakley must reveal police fund donors, Michigan Court of Appeals rules
The Michigan Court of Appeals published a decision today that orders Oakley to release the names of donors to the village police fund. The decision, signed digitally by Michael J. Riordan and Patrick...
View ArticleJudge: Oakley violated Freedom of Information Act when lawyer ignored request...
When Oakley's attorney, Richard Hamilton, failed to forward a Freedom of Information Act request to the village's FOIA coordinator, the village violated Michigan law, a judge ruled Friday, Jan....
View ArticleClinton FOIA Stonewall Continues
A Vice News reporter filed a lawsuit Sunday against the State Department for withholding records on Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the latest of several complaints lodged against the...
View ArticleEditorial: Right, left join forces over FOIA
Miracles do happen. Two Michigan institutions on opposites sides of the political spectrum recently found some common ground. The conservative leaning Mackinac Center for Public Policy filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleEPA Wins FOIA Suit Over Farmers' Personal Info
A Minnesota federal judge on Tuesday tossed two farm groups’ attempts to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from releasing addresses and other information about large-scale animal farms...
View ArticleIn FOIA lawsuit, lawyers say city had dispute with Byron Marshall
Lawyers for the city of Richmond argued in court Thursday that documents about the departure of former top city official Byron C. Marshall are exempt from public disclosure because the city was...
View ArticleFOIA lawsuit against City of Richmond can proceed
In a hearing Thursday morning at the John Marshall Courthouse, attorneys representing the city sought to have the lawsuit thrown out. They argued that documents detailing an employee dispute – in this...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense Fails to Disclose Information About Gender Disparities...
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Connecticut, and the Service Women’s Action Network filed a lawsuit today against the Department of Defense for failing to release records under the...
View ArticleNewspapers File Lawsuit Against Florida Governor for Violating State's Open...
The abrupt resignation of the chief of Florida's crime-fighting agency prompted media and open government advocates to file a lawsuit accusing Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet of violating state...
View ArticleOpinion: Release the records now
Five years ago, a taxpayer watchdog invoked the state Freedom of Information Law and started a court battle for access to the names of retired public employees who are collecting pensions, along with...
View ArticleACLU Wins Round on ‘Torture Report’
The American Civil Liberties Union early Monday withdrew an emergency motion filed late last month in its Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that blocked the chairman of the Senate Intelligence...
View ArticleSenators From Both Parties Back ACLU, New York Times in FOIA Lawsuit for...
A bipartisan group of senators filed a brief late last night in federal appeals court in support of the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times’ lawsuits seeking Justice Department legal...
View ArticleACLU suit: agencies unlawfully opaque
Three Southern California civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against two federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection, claiming they are...
View ArticleUS senators urge NY court to make drone killing memos public
Four senators have filed papers with a federal appeals court urging judges to force the government to divulge more about the rules it follows when it makes U.S. citizens the target of anti-terror...
View ArticleJudge rejects UI's attempt to dismiss Salaita FOIA suit
Controversial professor Steven Salaita will be able to pursue his Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the University of Illinois for refusing to release documents about his case. Champaign...
View ArticleOpinion: Open government not hard, if you believe in it
Legislators like to say they can’t legislate morality, although they keep trying, because they can. The same can be said for open government. No matter how many laws are passed or how many court...
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