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17 Aug

More Oakland California crime mapping

The folks at Oakland Crimespotting have elegantly rendered the crime data (if such attributes can be applied to crime) from the Oakland, California CrimeView, operated by the Oakland Police Department. The Web page opens with crime-specific color coded icons placed...
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California, Criminal, Public Records, States, Web tools 1 Comment

17 Aug

The FOIA news: It’s all bad

It’s not just you. The federal government has become less responsive and more stingy with FOIA requests across agencies and types of requests, according to Still Waiting After All These Years:An in-depth analysis of FOIA performance from 1998 to 2006....
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17 Aug

Public records access laws lag as government cedes functions to private control

Privatization v. The Public’s Right To Know summarizes recent attempts by state and federal government to avoid scrutiny, wall off public records from open access and privatize government functions. Told through anecdotal stories, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the...
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FOIA, Public Records 2 Comments

12 Aug

ABA criminal records closure proposal fails – Arkansas restricts court records – Nebraska court rules on Internet documents

The trend by courts to restrict the availability of criminal records made a short swing past the American Bar Association which killed a proposal at its annual conference on Friday that would have recommend state and federal courts seal criminal...
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Arkansas, Criminal, Nebraska, Public Records, States 1 Comment

3 Aug

Database of the day: National Bridges – Deficient or Obsolete

Although the Federal Highway Administration collects all kinds of data on the condition of bridges it’s not presented in a consumer friendly format. You can download files by Deficient Bridges by State and Highway System, Highway Bridge by Owner or...
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Databases, Government, Public Records 2 Comments

2 Aug

Freedom of Information and Internet Research Resources

There are actually enough bloggers consistently writing on FOIA, open government and access to public records that we now have our own Carnival – a rotating group of writers who do regular round ups of the“Best posts from the FOIA-sphere.”...
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Public Records, Research Methods 3 Comments

1 Aug

Arkansas State Police reports – Florida attorney disciplinary actions online

A change in state law now enables the Arkansas State Police to release criminal history reports to anyone who has a signed release from the subject. Reports are available for a fee, instantaneously, through the Online Criminal Background Check System....
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30 Jul

Insurance companies, fraud and consumer resources

The International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies links to state government insurance agencies, insurance fraud associations and international organizations. In the U.S., the same government agency can be responsible for investigating individuals who defraud insurance companies as well as dishonest...
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Databases, Insurance, International, Maryland, Public Records, States 1 Comment

29 Jul

Public records: Missouri – Tennessee – New York – North Carolina

Missouri consumer complaints; Tennessee Sexual Offender Registry; New York removes Social Security numbers; North Carolina adoption confidential intermediary. The Missouri Attorney General has unveiled a database of filed consumer complaints that can be searched by company name or partial name.The...
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24 Jul

Yuba County Sheriff puts sex offender mapping and email notification online

The Yuba County, California Sheriff has added a Sex Offender Registry which allows a search by address, name – or partial first or last name – returning a list of all registered Yuba County sex offenders. Then get an email...
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California, Criminal, Public Records, States 1 Comment

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