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Open & Shut: Portsmouth works hard to open records
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
"Portsmouth deserves credit for trying to do the right thing," said an
activist who advocates for open government. By Jen McCaffery. ...
<http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/98095>
How and why open-records testing was conducted
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
AP. Virginia's newspapers and The Associated Press set up a test to
gauge
how well the state's local governments respond to citizens ...
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=116887&ran=58437>
Portsmouth officials take a more open approach to public records
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... They've been working to make it easier for citizens to access public
records and have instructed staff to be more open in releasing
government
information. ...
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=116888&ran=86206>
Anonymous No More: EU Guidelines Create Transparent Surfer
Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania
... With new EU guidelines for telecommunications data retention
expected
to be adopted in countries like Germany in the near future, surfers'
tracks
across the ...
<http://www.playfuls.com/news_05663_Anonymous_No_More_EU_Guidelines_Creat
e_Transparent_Surfer.html>
Many Police Agencies Reluctant to Release Crime Reports
WJLA - Washington,DC,USA
... Virginia's Freedom of Information Act declares: "The affairs of
government are not intended to be conducted in an atmosphere of
secrecy.".
<http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/1206/384313.html>
Prison files destroyed ahead of Freedom of Information Act
Ireland Online - Dublin,Ireland
Prison authorities in the North destroyed 52,382 files in the months
before
the Freedom of Information Act was introduced. The data ...
<http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=205671920&p=zx567z6z6>
Local responses ran the gamut
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... Overall, the region's responses to Virginia Freedom of Information
Act
requests seem to be improving, compared with the last audit in 1998. ...
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RT
D_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192419835>
Turmoil at the historical society
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Before he was selected earlier this year to lead the Oregon Historical
Society, George Vogt told the board of directors that he was "up for an
adventure, not a ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial
/1167270953198290.xml&coll=7>
When the public's right to know is denied
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... None of those responses are valid reasons to deny the records under
the
state's ... a suspect to flee or evade detection, or result in the
destruction of evidence. ...
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=116886&ran=157058&tref=p
o>
Black Archives recaptures history
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... In 1976, she attended Emory University to get Archives
Administration
certification. Three years after her conversation with the ...
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/
miami-dade/cities_neighborhoods/northcentral/16342400.htm>
Ford library documents tell details of life
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... A: We're part of The National Archives and Records Administration.
My
boss is in Washington - Dr. Allen Weinstein, archivist of the United
States. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-20/116755082418158
0.xml&coll=2>
FOIA: Testing access to public records
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
... a request for e-mails between Mayor L. Douglas Wilder and City
Council,
but city spokesman Linwood Norman maintained the city takes FOIA
requests
seriously. ...
<http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%
2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192419835&path=!news&s=10458559348
42>
Some local governments improve responses to FOIA requests
WDBJ7.com - Roanoke,VA,USA
PORTSMOUTH, Va. Portsmouth was one of just 13 localities where all three
requests for public information were granted. The media ...
<http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=5873630&nav=S6aK>
The Washington Times, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:22 PM PST
Papers reveal cover-up of Wilson's failing health
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Metropolitan-TheWashingtonTimesAmericasNew
spaper/~3/68764974/20061230-114506-7280r.htm
Old documents detailing the health of President Woodrow Wilson indicate
his physical condition was worse than previously reported.
New York Times
Art Prices Are Rising, and So Are the Risks
By BARBARA WHITAKER
FOR more than two decades, Gregory J. Reed, an entertainment lawyer in
Detroit, has been collecting materials that document African-American
history. His ultimate goal, he says, is to put the materials to work in
educational exhibits.
But an early foray into lending his collection turned litigious last
month when his foundation sued the Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American History in Detroit, accusing it of damaging 15 sheets from
unpublished portions of Alex Haley’s original manuscript of “The
Autobiography of Malcolm X.”
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/31/business/yourmoney/31artinsure.html?_r
=1&ref=yourmoney&oref=slogin>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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