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FOI Focus - Spring 2009


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Laura Lee Prather, President,
Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, L.L.P.

Dale Leach, Vice President,
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Fred Zipp, Secretary,
Editor, Austin American-Statesman

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Managing Editor, Longview News-Journal

 

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Keith Elkins

 

 

 


 

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Table of Contents

News stories:

Free Flow of   Information Act   signed into law

Obama vows to open   up government with   memo

Senate 'date of birth'   bill would have   hampered   investigative   reporting

Central Texas   Representative   backs off of   contentious FOI bill

Board of Education   meetings would be   broadcast online   under House bill

Citizen involvement   takes center stage in   Canton, TX

FOIFT moves to   Austin, elects board   members and   executive director

News Briefs


Op-eds/Columns:

Attorney General   gives practical tips   for requestors

Lawmakers protecting   you by protecting   confidential sources

The good, the bad   and the ugly

• Privacy rights vs. the   public's right to   know: A precarious   balancing act

 

Multimedia:

 

Testimony on closure   of state employees'   dates of birth

Free Flow bill hears   testimony


 

 

 

FOI Focus Newsletter: Volume 24, Number 1
Published by: The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, 3001 N. Lamar Blvd. Ste 302, Austin, TX, 78703
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