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30 Aug

More California public records may become available

A case pushed to the California Supreme Court by the Contra Costa Times, has delivered a victory for open government advocates. The court concluded that the public has a right to know the income of government employees, that disclosure does...
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26 Aug

The roller coaster conversation about public records on the Web

The citizenry and government both come to the wrong conclusions about the ready availability of public records on the Internet. The City of Raleigh, North Carolina and Wake County joined dozens of other communities that have begun integrating crime activity...
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22 Aug

This week in public records: Connecticut – Florida – Illinois – California

The State of Connecticut Judicial Branch is reviewing family law cases that were sealed before 2003 to determine which are eligible for a change in status, then publishing the list of cases. The court outlines its objective. The plan calls...
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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

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

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

24 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – Massachusetts – Arkansas

A law firm that accessed and viewed archived Web pages of an adversary through Archive.org did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act , even though those Web pages were not supposed to...
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