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14 May

Federal snoops seek exception – phone pretexting bill withdrawn

HR 4943, To prohibit fraudulent access to telephone records, which was expected to be approved by Congress, has been withdrawn from a House vote, perhaps in light of the recently revealed National Security Agency program collecting telephone activity information without...
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12 May

Working car theft cases? – The West is best

Auto theft continues to decline but California regions top the list for the highest vehicle theft rates, according to the NAMIC article, Nationally, Auto Theft on Pace for Second Straight Year of...
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12 May

Summary of US House hearing on the uses of the Social Security Number

It wasn’t the best of times, but it was incrementally better than the worst. The Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing yesterday recapped prior discussions in the legislature about a...
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12 May

California divorce records bill is pulled

Good news for public records advocates: California SB 1015, which would close the financial portion of a marriage dissolution court case and redact all personal identifiers has been withdrawn. The bill met with strong opposition. Women’s rights groups lobbied against...
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11 May

Arizona legislature seeks to remove code enforcement officers from public records

The Arizona Senate has approved legislation that will add code enforement officers to the list of government employees whose names can be removed from the public records. The summary of HB 2220 lists the covered classifications. Authorizes code enforcement officers...
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10 May

Public records from the New York Attorney General

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has issued Proposed Amendments To Public Access To Departmental Records and Access To Personal Information Regulations, a guide to accessing files held by the Attorney General’s office, as required under the state Public Officers...
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10 May

Calaveras County Zoning Maps

Calaveras County California has added Zoning Plan Maps to its online site. Select an area on a countywide map to retrieve the pdf of the specific plan...
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9 May

Arizona governor signs phone pretext bill

Arizona Governor Napolitano signed HB 2785, Telephone Records, Unauthorized Sale Prohibited, into law this week. The Arizona law defines civil sanctions and classifies unauthorized access of telephone account information as a misdemeanor. As in other states, Arizona expands law enforcement...
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9 May

Secret trial courts – private judges – hidden public records

A few months ago I wrote about the removal of thousands of court cases from state and federal court dockets. Although the use of private courts is ensconced in the California Constitution, the proceedings are public records, but there is...
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Connecticut, Public Records, States 3 Comments

5 May

Employment verification service modifies access

The Work Number is an online repository for employment history that is often the only route to verify past employment. Many companies have eliminated in-house verification in favor of an outside contractor, which doesn’t have access to the kind of...
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