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Tag: Wyoming

After Wyoming Senate kills student privacy bill, legislative proactivity comes into question

Uncategorized
January 18, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

State senators in Wyoming last week voted to indefinitely postpone a bill that would have given students a heightened sense of digital privacy.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, law, legislation, online-privacy, recent-news, student privacy, Wyoming

Wyoming student emails are exempt from public records disclosure requirements under new state law

News
March 18, 2016November 12, 2018 Ryan Tarinelli

A new Wyoming law says that emails of students in public schools and colleges — even those in the student government — are not public record and are exempt from disclosure. 

Tagged recent-news, Wyoming, Wyoming Public Records Act

Wyoming legislature kills draft proposal to exempt student emails from public records disclosure

News
July 31, 2015September 5, 2018 Trisha LeBoeuf

A committee of the Wyoming Press Association, students and university officials will form recommendations on what to do with student emails under public records law.

Tagged news-recent, recent-news, Wyoming

Wyoming task force proposes to mostly exempt student emails from public records disclosure requirements

News
July 8, 2015December 4, 2018 Trisha LeBoeuf

Wyoming legislators are seeking an exemption for personal student emails under the state's public records law.  

Tagged public records, recent-news, Wyoming

University of Wyoming to release names of presidential candidates

News
February 22, 2013September 5, 2018 Sara Tirrito

The University of Wyoming’s Board of Trustees has decided it will release the names of its presidential search finalists after a months-long fight to keep them private.

Tagged access to public records, executive personnel searches, University of Wyoming, Wyoming

Wyoming legislators seek to void ruling making public documents related to presidential search

News
January 28, 2013September 5, 2018 Sara Tirrito

A state judge’s ruling last week that the University of Wyoming must make public documents containing the identities of the school’s presidential search finalists might become void if the state’s lawmakers approve newly introduced legislation.

Tagged access to public records, executive personnel searches, University of Wyoming, Wyoming

Judge: FERPA not justification for prior restraint on Wyo. newspapers

News
May 25, 2010December 4, 2018 Sommer Ingram

A Wyoming judge ruled Tuesday to dissolve a temporary restrainingorder against the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and the Cheyenne Heraldthat prevented the newspapers from publishing a leaked report concerning thepresident at Laramie County Community College.

Tagged Laramie County Community College, Wyoming

Wyoming court declares tape public record

News
October 5, 2006September 5, 2018 Karla Yeh

A secret recording during a University of Wyoming meeting that led to an employee’s termination is public record even though the recording was not commissioned by the university, the state supreme court has ruled.

Tagged University of Wyoming, Wyoming

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