Des Moines city leaders must not be paying attention to the ongoing scandal, and litigation, in Davenport over the D’port City Council’s secret decision-making. The Des Moines City Council should **not** have dodged the public meetings law by this tactic.⤵️
DNR overlooks key detail in the law’s “draft exemption”: “This subsection shall NOT apply to public records that are actually … used in the … execution of any official policy or action of a governmental body by a public official authorized to adopt or execute official policy.”
Deadline to register for lunch is today, 4/1. An investigative reporting team from the @MiamiHerald will be in #Gainesville 4/8 to discuss “Shakedown City,” winner of our #FOI Award. $20 for lunch or attend for free without lunch:
Brechner Center's 2024 Freedom of Information Award: Miami Herald Investigative Team - Florida Free...
March 11th from 11:30 pm – 1:00 pm with Miami Herald investigative journalists Sarah Blaskey, Joey Flechas, and ...
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ICYMI #BrechnerReport: The gaps in oversight of, and accountability for, the actions of #UniversityFoundations, a state #FOI #legislative roundup and @WashingtonCOG's #YourRightTo Know report: https://bit.ly/49Sb7CO
An investigative reporting team from the @MiamiHerald will be in #Gainesville 4/8 to discuss “Shakedown City,” winner of @BrechnerCenter's #FOI Award. $20 for lunch or attend for free without lunch. Register by 4/1:
Brechner Center's 2024 Freedom of Information Award: Miami Herald Investigative Team - Florida Free...
March 11th from 11:30 pm – 1:00 pm with Miami Herald investigative journalists Sarah Blaskey, Joey Flechas, and ...
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Great news about #SunshineWeek's future as a project of @BrechnerCenter at the @UFJSchool. The @knightfdn has established the Knight Sunshine Fund at @UF, an endowment of $575,000 to help expand the reach and impact of Sunshine Week: https://bit.ly/4anvwQJ
Analysis by David Cuillier, director of the @BrechnerCenter, shows that of 37,000 FOIA requests submitted to federal agencies through MuckRock in 2010, barely more than half of requests were successful. By 2022, it was barely more than 10% of requests.
#SunshineWeek is a collaboration that would not be possible without the creativity and leadership of our partners. These 75 organizations stepped up in support of #PublicRecords and #OpenGovernment to strengthen #democracy: https://sunshineweek.org/partners-sponsors
Congrats @MiamiHerald, the recipient of the 2024 Brechner #FOI Award for "Shakedown City." . It exposed gov't corruption in #Miami, sparking investigations by the @FBI, @IRSnews @SECGov and #Florida Commission on Ethics. https://bit.ly/48ZJI0v
Miami Herald wins Brechner FOI Award for 'Shakedown City' - Brechner Center for Freedom of Inform...
The Miami Herald is the winner of the 2024 Brechner Freedom of Information Award for “Shakedown City,” an investi...
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#SunshineWeek, did you know our new home is at @BrechnerCenter? They offer a monthly newsletter with all the latest #research and #news about #GovernmentTransparency, #FOI #FOIA, #court cases and more. See the March edition here and please subscribe: https://bit.ly/49Sb7CO