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Posts tagged as “Public Records”

sex, money, and secrecy

11/21/2011: I’d always wondered why reporters were spending so much time on the child rape coverup and so little time on the money that Joe Paterno and his crew were raking in. It turns out this was because Penn State had secured an exemption to the Pennsylvania public records law,…

NYT on embarassing university public records

10/20/2011: From Tamar Lewin in today’s times, story here: “This case presents the increasingly familiar tale of a public university that, embarrassed by its own wrongdoing, cries ‘student privacy’ in an attempt to frustrate public disclosure of information reflecting unflatteringly on the conduct of the university’s administrators,” the brief said.…

UO Public records office to waive first $200 of fees for public interest requests

9/15/2011: Liz Denecke of the UO Public Records Office has agreed to waive the first $200 in fees for “public interest” records requests. This will include requests from the press, and new media such as UO Matters. The new policy should be announced at their website here shortly and it…

dumpster diving

7/24/2011: This well researched ODE article by Thomas Kyle-Milward brings back a few memories. But these days UO Matters seldom goes bottoms up, except for the occasional bag of bagels, and then only if it’s on the top. Back problems. Of course, I do check the Johnson Hall paper recycling…

Public Records improvements

1/20/2011: This will make it tougher for the UO administration and Randy Geller and Liz Denecke to hide information from the public. RG story by David Steves here. The DOJ summary of the legislation is here. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJan. 19, 2011 Contact:Tony [email protected]                                                                                                                    ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN KROGER UNVEILS GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY…

Pro transparency court decision

1/18/2011: This decision will focus some official attention on the benefits of government transparency: Judge rules commissioners violated Oregon’s public meetings lawBy Karen McCowan The Register-Guard Published: Tuesday, Jan 18, 2011 01:15PM Lane County Commissioners Rob Handy and Pete Sorenson willfully violated Oregon’s public meetings law in the course of…