Freedom of Information Act

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• UTMB AND UT FIGHTING RELEASE OF ER CONTRACT--TOO!

  
  UT: THE EYES OF TFA ARE UPON YOU! — Authority: 131
  Image by ifindkarma via Flickr UT and UTMB seem to be employing a new tactic with the Blogmeister and TFA: fight every Texas Public Information Act request I send.  At least thats what has happened the last couple of times Ive tried it.  Readers already know that UT is trying to block release of the its ...
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• Some Sad Facts About Todays Antidepressants

  
  Blogs — Authority: 160
      There are a lot of sad facts about todays antidepressants.  The list is a long one.  Im going to put down what I reckon are the saddest of the sad facts; others are welcome to add their own.     I want to emphasize the word "facts."  In this post I report the findings of scientific research.  Findings ...
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• The Power of The Department of Justices Office of Legal Counsel

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 771
  It is easy to forget that the United States Government and its citizens have distinctly different relationships with the law.  While citizens and corporations look at statutes to see what they are prohibited from doing, governments must look to statutes to see what they are specifically authorized to do .  In ...
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• Database creator appeals for counties’ land records

  
  GeoData Policy — Authority: 113
   Author: Meghan Molloy, Kennebec Journal, November 11, 2009Source: Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday TelegramA Cumberland-based business owner who intends to create a statewide database of land records has gone to court in an effort to compel 13 Maine counties to provide the records he needs.John Simpson, owner ...
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• Mayor Daley sued for not providing info about Olympic bid

  
  Chicago Bar-tender — Authority: 601
  The non-profit organization Judicial Watch is suing Mayor Daley and his office for failing to respond to their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Judicial Watch, which describes itself as a non-profit organization seeking to promote integrity, transparency and accountability in government, says that on ...
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• Follow Up on Nat’l Endowment for the Arts Scandal

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  NEWLY REVEALED DOCUMENTS Contradict NEA Chairman Landesmanby Patrick Courrielche “The former NEA Director of Communications acted unilaterally and without the approval or authorization of then-Acting Chairman Patrice Walker Powell.” – Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, on September ...
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• Royal Sands development Ramsgate and the freedom of information act.

  
  thanetonline — Authority: 430
  Due to my continued exasperation, mostly with getting the council and the developer to tell us in Ramsgate what exactly is going on, I put in some freedom of information requests and an official complaint a while ago. Now it may come as a bit of a surprise to some people but this is the first time I have made freedom ...
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• The Permanent Select Committee on Financial Misclosure

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 771
  Question: When is it ok to cook the books of a public company? Short Answer: When the head of any of an indeterminate number of Federal departments or agencies says so. Or more specifically: 15 USC 2B § 78m imposes obligations on any issuer of a security registered pursuant to [15 USC 2B § 78l] to: ...
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• Ofsted apologizes ‘unreservedly’ for error in Baby P case

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 566
  Ofsted has apologized to the court for its ‘deeply regrettable error’ of failing to disclose an inspection report and other documents related to the Baby P case. Childcare regulator Ofsted’s failure to provide potentially key evidence to the High Court will likely delay judgment of the Sharon Shoesmith case ...
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• Lansing City Council member releases draft Freedom of Information Act ordinance in advance of meeting

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  LANSING– Lansing City Council member Carol Wood Monday released a draft of a proposed ordinance which will serve as a guide to city employees in the release of public information under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act. Under the proposed ordinance, city officials charged with responding to Freedom of ...
  6 days ago

• Effective FOIA Requesting

  
  Legal Research Plus — Authority: 422
  For effective Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requesting methods, check out the Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone: A National Security Archive Guide, which most valuably includes:FOIA IntroductionFOIA BasicsMaking the FOIA Work for YouFollow a Request Through the FOIA ProcessClassification of Government ...
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• Darrell Issas Letter To The NY Feds Bill Dudley Demanding AIG Bailout Disclosure

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 771
  Following on previous posts by Janet Tavakoli and Dylan Ratigan, which both reference the need to uncover how and why it is that AIG counterparties received such generous taxpayer funded bailout terms, it is critical to present the letter penned by California Congressman Darrell Issa to New York Fed President Bill ...
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• Guest Post: Why Keep Geithner?

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 771
  Submitted by Dylan Ratigan A year ago it was revealed to the American people that our bankingsystem was a legalized Ponzi scheme in which bank and insurance CEOspaid themselves billions of dollars in personal compensation to lendand insure assets with money they didnt have to customers who couldntpay back the ...
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• Fixing what isn’t broken

  
  Scholars and Rogues — Authority: 544
  We have this great little library around the corner, which is very convenient. In London, there are lots of libraries, but it’s such big city geographically that it’s not always the case that there’s a library just around the corner. It’s a nice library—it’s right next to The Keats House, where John Keats ...
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• Professor sues EPA about asbestos on Marco Island property

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 139
  Mario Sanchez is a professor at Miami-Dade College in Florida who lives on Marco Island. He is now suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because the agency failed to release information about asbestos that was found on city property back in 2005 as required by the Freedom of Information Act. Asbestos ...
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• NYT > World: Documents Detail Conditions Found at Secret C.I.A. Jails

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 468
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . In 2002, F.B.I. agents found prisoners “manacled to the ceiling and subjected to blaring music,” and some notes discussed prosecuting C.I.A. employees.
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• Documents Detail Conditions Found at Secret C.I.A. Jails

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  In 2002, F.B.I. agents found prisoners “manacled to the ceiling and subjected to blaring music,” and some notes discussed prosecuting C.I.A. employees.
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• Dick Cheney speaks, but not happily

  
  Suits & Sentences — Authority: 469
  Former Vice President Dick Cheney is getting his two-cents in, or whatever its worth, as he blasts the Obama administration for one dither after another. Now, thanks to a successful lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, another kind of Cheney-speak is available. On Friday, CREW made ...
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• So Many People Want To Search Someones Divorce Records

  
  The Article Blog — Authority: 141
  This is officially done since 1967 on the back of the Freedom of Information Act, 1966 but the greater number of states already had it at county level long before that. Paid Divorce Records is a no-brainer option if you can come to terms with paying even for public records. The reason for the search is often prompted ...
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• Politicians Expenses: Were Masons Behind the Leak?

  
  Final Conflict — Authority: 123
  Politicians have got themselves in a hole. Because of the "expenses" scandal they are lower than tabloid journalists and estate agents in most peoples eyes. Now it looks as though many of their perks are going to be ripped away. No more cash for food. No more employing family members. No more profiting by buying ...
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