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Tag: open records

With open records, UC-Berkeley paper show how a little patience can yield big results

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March 7, 2017November 12, 2018 James Hoyt

Last week, the Daily Californian at the University of California-Berkeley dropped a bombshell report: about one third of University of California system employees found to be in violation of sexual misconduct policy between 2013 and 2016 were still present on UC campuses.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, California, open records, recent-news, Title IX

California Supreme Court opens personal communications on public matters to open records requests

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March 6, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

The California Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that employee writings conducted about public business on personal accounts are subject to the state Open Records Act.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, California, open records, recent-news

Experts say Indiana’s private university police transparency law has no teeth

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March 3, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

Margaret Hynds, editor in chief of the Notre Dame Observer, noticed last November that HB 1019, a law former Indiana governor Mike Pence signed, classified private university police departments as public agencies.

Tagged Indiana, Notre Dame Security Police Department, open records, private university police, recent-news, university-police-records

Ohio reporter successfully gains university presidential records release through claims court

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February 23, 2017November 12, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A reporter for The Athens News has successfully obtained documents from Ohio University concerning the semifinal candidates for the university presidency after filing a complaint with the Ohio Court of Claims.

Tagged Ohio, open records, recent-news

Several state legislatures considering updates to open records laws

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February 22, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

A mixture of positive and negative changes to state open records laws have slowly been making their way through state legislatures in the past few weeks.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, legislation, North Carolina, open records, recent-news

Update: Kentucky open records clash gains new participants at Western Kentucky University

News
February 9, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

The battle over Title IX records in Kentucky just got bigger, as Western Kentucky University and the College Heights Herald are joining the fight.

Tagged Kentucky, lawsuit, open records, recent-news, Title IX, WKU

The Kentucky Kernel’s open records battle has multiple fronts

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February 3, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

The Kentucky Kernel’s strategy of requesting records from multiple state universities seems to be paying off, if rulings at Kentucky State University and Western Kentucky University this week are any indication.

Tagged Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky, Kentucky State University, open records, recent-news, Title IX, Western Kentucky University

Texas court punts on issuing decisive FERPA ruling

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February 1, 2017September 5, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

Days before the end of his tenure as a regent of the University of Texas, Wallace L. Hall saw his request for documents related to a university scandal denied by the Texas Supreme Court.

Tagged blog, blogrool, FERPA, lawsuit, open records, recent-news, Texas

North Dakota introduces bill to exempt university leadership applicants from open records law

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January 30, 2017December 4, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A new House bill could make the applications for top positions in North Dakota’s state universities exempt from the open records law.

Tagged legislation, North Dakota, open records, recent-news, sack-secrecy

Newspaper files complaint against Ohio University over presidential search records

News
January 24, 2017December 4, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A reporter for The Athens News has filed a complaint in the Ohio Court of Claims after a request for background information about the semifinal candidates for the Ohio University presidency was ignored for over a month.

Tagged Ohio, open records, presidential search, recent-news, sack-secrecy

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