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The Rhode Island House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation that would make clear that statewide traffic accident data is a public record, reports @fitzprov.bsky.social.
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The Hanover County Sheriff's Office wants to present new evidence that it says supports its desire to withhold the names of some deputies from a FOIA request filed in 2023.
Virginia's appeals court ruled against Hanover last year, finding that agencies should err on the side of disclosure.
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Phrases like “any and all documents” feel comprehensive but to a records officer, they can be read as vague and unworkable. Agencies may label these requests “unduly burdensome,” meaning fulfilling them would require excessive time or resources.
A new agreement could chill the public records process and push back against reforms Congress passed a decade ago to limit the exemption's overuse in the first place.
A government transparency advocate filed the initial request in 2023.
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KQED reporter Holly McDede spent five years investigating teacher misconduct in California schools and is now sharing her best practices on how to get access to teacher misconduct complaints through the public records process. buff.ly/Z4Actvx @kqednews.kqed.org
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The director of the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is defending a new proposed governmentwide NDA for federal employees by invoking FOIA's deliberative-process exemption, but the agreement…
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In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to…
You’ll work directly with newsrooms across the country, providing detailed, high-quality research that supports ambitious investigative and accountability reporting.
The Senate has not scheduled a vote on the legislation, which is backed by the Providence Streets Coalition but faces opposition from the Cranston Police Department.
DocumentCloud will undergo some necessary infrastructure maintenance Thursday, June 11 at 10:00am EST.
We expect minimal downtime, but there may be a brief impact on the processing of newly uploaded documents during the maintenance window.
