If you read your Ohio Public Records Act handbook, which I reported on here, you might have discovered that Ohio police officer personnel files are available. The News-Herald reports on the various ways police departments organize their...
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We have the beginnings of a government sponsored site that links to all the state sex offender registries. The activity level has been so great at http://www.nsopr.gov/ that the server has been down, making the site inaccessible. Remember the long...
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Robert Scott, of The Investigator’s Little Black Book, has tossed his hat into the ring of SSN validators, launching SSNValidator, still in beta mode. Like the several other online validator services, Scott offers a few searches for free, then you...
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Discrepancies between county and state sex offender registries may be more pronounced than in other criminal indexes, as demonstrated in this example in Missouri. One private site that was plotting sex offender addresses on Google Maps ceased operating because 2/3...
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The telephone numbers for Contra Costa County, California public agencies can be accessed here. Links to Federal telephone directories and agency numbers are listed here and another list is compiled by FirstGov. An imperfect set of search returns for states’...
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The New York City schools will charge an additional fee for documents that require redaction of any...
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The Texas Attorney General talks about public records and mentions that security tapes at public university are subject to the Public Records Act. Read the interview (free...
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Search the SimplyHired site by employer and/or geographical region to see who’s...
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I wouldn’t cite anything that happens in Blacksburg, Virginia (population 39,000) as a trend, but their City Council is considering slapping fines on dumpster divers, if a complaint is lodged. This reminds those of us who are fond of other...
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Cop number 1 alleges that cop number 2 sexually harassed her. Cop number 2 requests the records generated related to the allegation, under the Public Records Act, but the police chief issues a denial. Cop sues to get records, looses,...
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