Sixty years after the fall of the Third Reich, the secret Nazi archive with millions of files on concentration camps and their victims is still being kept secret. Two benefits of the open records process are: – Changing human behavior … Continued
Kai Chen wants to establish a free speech corner in a city park in Alhambra, California, even though last month he demanded that a piece of art in a City Hall exhibit be taken down. Societies that support free speech … Continued
A federal judge has ruled that The Child Online Protection Act is unconstitional. Open Records Project activism against sex offenders dates nearly to the dawn of the Internet. However, trying to write a law limiting Internet publishing in any way … Continued
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Argentine counterpart Nestor Kirchner, facing the fastest price increases in Latin America, are employing a new tool to bring down their inflation rates: control the data collectors. Governments often mislead their citizens as a … Continued
Oakland Circuit Judge Wendy Potts sentenced Matthew Grundy and Jared Foote, both 17, to two years probation and ordered them to pay $23,000 in restitution Wednesday for their role in vandalism Dec. 20 that left dozens of schools buses with … Continued
A Waterford Township man arrested last month for operating under the influence of liquor and driving on a suspended/revoked license has eight prior suspensions and nine drunken driving convictions. In any given year, about 300,000 of Michigan’s 7.2 million licensed … Continued
Europe’s citizens must be on their guard against political correctness and moralising politicians, says the European Commission President José Manuel Barroso in an interview with The Daily Telegraph. The former Portuguese premier and centre-Right politician is concerned that freedom can … Continued
Today a Wall Street Journal editorial describes the personal devastation caused by online postings to a college WEB blog autoadmit.com The Open Records defense of public posting of information is that blog posting is free speech. The argument becomes a … Continued
Brushing aside a veto threat, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep their papers secret indefinitely. The House bill would give current and former presidents … Continued
The Longview School District received a helpful hand from the US Department of Education in a teacher sexual misconduct case. The DOE ruled that Longview could claim a privacy right under FERPA (The Federal Education Rights and Privacy Act). The … Continued