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6 Feb

This week in public records: California

A California appellate court has settled a public records case — the right of access to a Santa Clara County GIS parcel mapping database — in favor of the plaintiffs, the California First Amendment Coalition. The county alternately demanded an...
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30 Jan

This week in public records: Florida

The final report issued by the Florida Commission on Open Government Reform recommends how the State of Florida can make its government records more accessible to the public. The report should be read by anyone concerned with open government and...
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29 Jan

This week in public records: Pennsylvania

Reversing a lower court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that some autopsy records should be disclosed to the public. Maybe the coroners will further open those records in the advent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Right To Know Law, which...
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Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

25 Jan

Real Time Tracking On Microblogging Search Engines

By now everyone whose discovered the Internet knows about finding background on people at two of the most popular social networking sites — Facebook and My Space. But you may not have ventured into the microblogging world of Twitter, where...
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Public Records 1 Comment

14 Jan

Texas AG Launches Charitable Organizations Search Tool

[Charitable Organizations – Updated Mar 12, 2016] The Texas Attorney General has finally gotten around to has a search tool previously available in most other states: a charities online database. The links to the other state Attorney General or Secretary...
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11 Jan

Social Networking for Investigators

The widespread use of social networking sites is also engaging private investigators as participants — as I am on Linkedin — and as information gatherers. Law Technology News published my article, variously titled, “Research: Me, Myself & I:People can be...
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Public Records 2 Comments

11 Jan

Do Public Records Belong To the Public?

The Iowa legislature is chewing over the notion that open government records may be responsible for identity theft and should be restricted. The Identity Theft Prevention Study Committee met last month and developed a collection of recommendations, including redacting certain...
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Arizona, Criminal, Iowa, Personal Data, Public Records, States 4 Comments

1 Dec

Think Twice Before Going Undercover

Who would have thought that creating a fake profile on MySpace (a violation of their user agreement) could lead to a criminal conviction? The recent verdict in the case of Lori Drew concluded that she was guilty of computer fraud...
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Criminal, Web tools 57 Comments

1 Oct

Ohio Drunk Driver Database

A database of convicted drunk drivers is slated to go online by the end of 2008, hosted by the Ohio Department of Public Safety. Ohio’s SB 17 mandates the creation of an Internet registry listing personal information on repeat offenders....
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Criminal, Databases, Ohio, Public Records, States 2 Comments

27 Sep

Database of the Day: Homicide In Chicago 1870-1930

Northwestern University hosts this searchable database of homicides in Chicago that occurred between 1870 and 1930. The mandatory search field is street name, but many other criteria can be added. Read the description of this massive project, transferring handwritten records...
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Criminal, Databases, Illinois, Public Records, States 3 Comments