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HOT!: Florida Sunshine Review: Catch up on open government news from throughout Florida ...
Open records and meetings links, resources.
March 17, 2007
Florida Sunshine Review:
 *Orlando Sentinel, by Jason Garcia: Gleason reigns as Florida’s leading champion of open government (*free registration required)…
Tallahassee Democrat, by Julian Pecquet: Open government is an issue for reporters statewide …
Hernando Today, guest column by Gil thelen: Screws being put to some public records by the Legislature …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Bill Cotterell: Governor wants better access to public records …
Palm Beach Post editorial: ID theft is cover story lawmakers are using to justify closing of public records …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Teacher site is an upgrade but state agencies could provide other helpful info on the Web …
Hernando Today editorial: Hernando County does well overall in fostering open government …
Bradford County Telegraph, by James Williams: Sunshine Law applies in Lake Region, too …
Ocala Star-Banner, by Richard Conn: Public made aware of open government and freedom of information during Sunshine Week …
Associated Press, by Brent Kallestad: Governor salutes free press with “Sunshine Week” proclamation …
Ocala Star-Banner, by Susan Latham Carr: Marion County genealogists are indexing county cemeteries with plans to put details online …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial: Florida needs help in maintaining open records and public meetings laws …
All Headline News, by Angela Cheatham: Attorney General Bill McCollum and Brechner Center team up on open government project …
Fort Myers News-Press editorial: Past year was historic for use of public records by the News-Press and you …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial: Gov. Charlie Crist brings fresh approach to open government issues …
Hernando Today, by Tony Holt: Fire board in Spring Hill may have violated the Sunshine Law …
CBS-4, Miami, by Jim DeFede: Miami-Dade County Commission chairman advocates less government in the sunshine …
Sunshine Sunday, March 11, 2007
Sunshine Sunday is an annual focus by Florida newspapers and other media on the value of open government. Since it began in Florida, the effort has gone national and expanded to “Sunshine Week.” Aside from sample stories posted here, read more articles and see cartoons through the Florida Society of Newspaper Editors’ Web site …
Tallahassee Democrat editorial: Sunshine Sunday is a day to honor open government …
Florida Times-Union, by Joe Adams: A little Sunshine can do a lot for you life …
Associated Press, by Brendan Farrington: There’s no system in place to track open government violations …
Associated Press, by Brent Kallestad: Scores of bills aimed at limiting public access to records …
Sarasota Herald Tribune, by Lloyd Dunkelberger: Bills mount to close access to records and meetings …
Lakeland Ledger, First Amendment Foundation interview with Gov. Charlie Crist: Crist proud of new office spotlighting open government …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Keep sun shining on public records in Florida …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial: Don’t fall for the promise of privacy in bad open government bills …
Palm Beach Post, by Sonja Isger: Public access to disaster plans meets mixed results, informal audit finds …
Daytona Beach News-Journal, guest column by Mayor Glenn Ritchey: Sunshine laws are the backbone of good government …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Rebecca Mahoney: Technology, costs slow access to government e-mails in some counties (*free registration required) …
Bradenton Herald, by Carl Mario Nudi: Manatee works to let light shine on public records …
*Orlando Sentinel staff report: Public records are key to newspaper reports (*free registration required) …
Florida Times-Union editorial: Public records are some of the best friends you never realized you had …
*Naples Daily News, by Liam Dillon: A Marco Island council member might have violated the state’s public records law and a second could if he follows through on statements he recently made (*free registration required) …
Pensacola News Journal editorial: Telling the truth should not subject you to costly lawsuits …
March 5, 2007
Florida Sunshine Review:
Associated Press, by Bill Kaczor: Supreme Court hears objections to proposed secret records rule …
St. Petersburg Times, by Chris Tisch: Florida Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on whether court cases can be hidden …
St. Petersburg Times editorial: Put court openness atop docket …
Miami Herald, by Dan Christensen: Senator says secret dockets bill to give Florida’s prosecutors and judges the authority to falsify court records for undercover law enforcement purposes is on hold …
*Orlando Sentinel, by Leslie Postal: State will soon launch new Web site that will list teacher discipline records (*free registration required) …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Marc Freeman and Jean-Paul Renaud: Web site to name teachers who got into trouble with state …
St. Petersburg Times, by Steve Bousquet: Two new Web sites are portals into state agencies …
Florida Times-Union, by Jim Schoettler: St. Johns River Community College retreats may violate spirit of Sunshine Law …
*Naples Daily News, by Larry Hannan and Denise Zoldan: Can local elected leaders legally meet with feds under Florida Sunshine Law? (*free registration required) …
Florida Times-Union editorial: State lawmakers created concealed dangers when they shut off public access to concealed weapons licenses …
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Lisa J. Huriash: Records violation alleged in ethics complaint against Plantation mayor …
Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial: Bill would seal records on public hospital CEO searches …
The New York Times, by Damon Darlin: Social Security numbers more secure as states take new measures …
Ocala Star-Banner, column by Bill Thompson: Lawmakers caved in to suspect reasoning in closing concealed weapons license records …
Fort Myers News-Press, by Erin Gillespie: DCF case filed readied for release on parents accused of abuse …
Contra Costa Times (California), by Thomas Peele: Florida governor gets open government …
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