The New York Times writes this story after it obtained public records on how and why over 100 immigration detainees died in federal custody over the past seven years.
"Open records laws are such a waste of public resources" the politicians and bureaucrats will tell you. Wonder why.
“Og-blog” stands for “open-government blog” and that’s what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.
We warmly welcome your thoughts on og-blog and especially welcome your emails with suggested postings and links to interesting stories and court cases. If you have something to say about open government in Washington State, sending it to og-blog is probably the best way to get it out. Don’t hesitate to contact us at greg@overstreet-law.com.
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- Everett City Council Promises More Openness
- Spokesman-Review Editorial on Financial Institutio...
- Olympian Editorial on the Bill to Curb Attorneys' ...
- TNT Editorial on SB 6408
- HB 3031: An act allowing government agencies to ch...
- Olympian Editorial on Bill to Allow 72-Hour Period...
- AIG Bailout Documents Treated as "National Securit...
- HB 3031: Regarding costs of public records requests
- SB 6741: Regarding special meetings notice under t...
- Op-Ed on Governor's Withholding of Records Under "...
- Everett Meetings Questioned
- Be Glad You Don't Live in Mississippi
- SB 6685: Requiring public agencies, special purpos...
- January 26 Hearing on Bill to Create Office of Ope...
- Hearing on Bill to Allow People Time to Read State...
- One Year After Obama Order to Open Up Federal Gov'...
- Wenatchee World Editorial on R-71 Case at US Supre...
- Newspaper Protests and Meeting Opened Up
- Spokesman-Review Editorial on R-71 Case
- SB 6529: "The Light of Day Act"
- Bipartisan 72-hour budget review bill introduced
- SB 6408: making PRA attorneys fees awards optional
- ! Judge Orders Tacoma City Council to Tape Meetings !
- Pierce County Might Be Violating OPMA
- Governor Repeatedly Withholds Records Under "Execu...
- Citing police safety, bill would shield petition s...
- HB 2736/SB 6383 - Establishing the office of open ...
- SB 6408: Changing remedies for actions under the p...
- Public Records Reform Introduced
- HB 2714: preventing disclosure of initiative signa...
- Callaghan Column on Tacoma City Council and the OPMA
- Public Records Show ... Federal Officials Obscured...
- HB 2617: Bill to Eliminate the Sunshine Committee
- Seattle Times Editorial on Disclosure of Initiativ...
- HB 2612: Exempting signature petitions from disclo...
- HB 2583: Concerning conferences prior to filing ac...
- HB 2582: Allowing agencies to direct requesters to...
- Legislative Proposals
- Governor Supports Open Records Office
- C-SPAN Begs to Cover Health Care Decision Meeting
- Cities to Propose "Frequent Flier" Bill to Curb Re...
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