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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

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

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 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

28 Sep

Texas AG Shuts Down USA Skiptrace of Colorado

The Texas Attorney General is employing various media – screen shots, video, press releases and court documents – to broadcast its recent shuttering of USA Skiptrace, AMS Research Services, Inc. and Worldwide Investigations, Inc. for selling consumers’ private telephone records...
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Colorado, Data Brokers, States, Texas 6 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

24 Aug

This week in public records: Arizona Disciplinary Records

All disciplinary records of Arizona government employees become public records September 28, 2008. Arizona Revised Statutes adds section 39-128, Disciplinary records of public officers and employees; disclosure; exceptions. Release of home address, telephone number and photograph of people in certain...
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Arizona, Government, Public Records, States 1 Comment

6 Aug

Database of the Day: Missouri Statewide Voter Registration Lookup

The Missouri Secretary of State now has a statewide Voter Information Lookup online. Enter the person’s first and last name, county and street name. If you’ve correctly matched that personal information, you have to select the correct street address, as...
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2 Aug

This week in public records: Secret Juries

The names of jurors are public records, according to a ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which countered the actions of a Pennsylvania federal judge who kept the juror names from the media in a high-profile trial....
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Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 2 Comments

31 Jul

New York State Employees Online

The Empire Center for New York State Policy has begun to build databases to make New York government more transparent. Just today, the Center’s project, SeeThruNY unveiled a database of names and salaries for more than 263,000 employees of New...
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Databases, New York, Public Records, States 2 Comments

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