Whether it’s a hernia repair or heart bypass, doctors with a lot of experience performing a given operation tend to have better results. The problem for patients in choosing a physician has been finding out which ones have the know-how. … Continued
The salaries of government employees in California, including police officers, are a public record and must be available upon request. The right to privacy argument against dislosure made by employee unions “is not a reasonable one,” the justices wrote, ending … Continued
Aaron T. Gunn, a politically connected former teacher has avoided the sex offender registry for two years after pleading guilty to having sex with an eighth-grade student. State Representative Chuck Espy, a Democrat from Clarksdale, was a scheduled character witness … Continued
Wikipedia is a web-based free content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. It currently contains about 2 million articles. Anybody can anonymously create a Wikipedia entry or modify an existing entry. A new WEB site maps Wikipedia entries … Continued
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her experience as a compelling reason voters should make her president, but nearly 2 million pages of documents covering her White House years are locked up in a building here, obscuring a large swath of … Continued
AT&T Inc said on Thursday a company it hired to handle the cybercast of a live concert by U.S. rock band Pearl Jam erroneously omitted lyrics criticizing U.S. President George Bush that were in a song performed by the band. … Continued
The 400,000-member American Bar Association’s policy-making body, the House of Delegates, is scheduled to vote on the resolutions at the group’s national convention in San Francisco on Aug. 13 and 14. One proposal recommended by an ABA commission urges local, … Continued
Jeane Palfrey posted the “official” Pamela Martin & Associates telephone records on her web site for public distribution. It is important that this information be distributed widely in order to make sure that our elected officials who have utilized these … Continued
Why would the largely privately-funded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum want to restrict access to historical archives in contradiction to its stated purpose to exist in the first place? If the records support the long-told official story, one would think that … Continued
The Open Records Project suggests that crime control cameras be publicly accessible. A crime-ridden high street in north London has been branded the most spied-upon road in Britain, after it emerged that it is watched over by more than 100 … Continued