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Thursday, July 03, 2008 - Posts

Happy 42nd birthday, FOIA! (or is it happy? CJOG report glum)

On the eve of the 42nd anniversary of the federal Freedom of Information Act, signed into law July 4, 1966, the Coalition of Journalists for Open Government released its annual report on FOIA performance, titled "An Opportunity Lost." According to the

Police incident reports now must be made available in Mississippi

Police in Mississippi now must provide basic incident reports daily, including the offense, suspects and where and when a crime took place. According to news reports, compliance was been mixed Tuesday when the new law went into effect.Twenty years ago