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Florida Freedom Newspapers v. McCrary. [4] The exact number of statutory exemptions to the open records law is hard to assess, but estimates exceed 200. [5] In response to criticisms that Florida's public records law had been undermined by the many exemptions, the Florida Legislature enacted the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995. Fla.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration alone faces multiple high-profile legal challenges for an alleged lack of transparency in how it handles public records requests, including one from the ...
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request. The act defines agency records subject to ...
The Piedmont Park Conservancy is a private non-profit that oversees and manages Piedmont Park.In 2007, when the organization moved forward with a plan to install a controversial parking structure, a group opposed to the plan—Friends of Piedmont Park—filed an open record request under Georgia Georgia's open records legislationn [1] for records of the Conservancy.
Access to U.S. national public records is guided by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requests for access to records pursuant to FOIA may be refused by federal agencies if information requested is subject to exemption, or some information may be redacted (deleted). In addition to the national FOIA, all states have some form of FOI legislation.
Decisions of public bodies in relation to requests for information may be reviewed by the Office of the Information Commissioner. The 2014 Act was amended by the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003. [92] The amendments introduced fees for non-personal requests and restricted the kinds of material which could be accessed.
New Jersey Open Public Records Act: N.J.S.A. §§ 47:1A-1 to 47:1A-13 2002 [42] Citizens of the state/commonwealth New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act NMSA §§ 14-2-1 to 14-2-12 1993 [43] Any person New York New York Freedom of Information Law Pub. Off. §§ 84 to 90 1974 [44] Any person North Carolina North Carolina Public Records Law
Three Florida educators have filed a federal lawsuit over a new state law that prevents transgender or nonbinary public K-12 teachers from using their pronouns.. Under a provision of the law ...