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NC General Assembly leadership started automatically deleting legislators’ email. Is that legal under the Public Records Act?
North Carolina legislative leadership has implemented a policy to automatically delete legislators’ emails after three years. This move raises a number of legal and administrative problems for open government in North Carolina.
Court admin plans to stop publishing a criminal case dataset. We’re asking them to keep it open.
The NC Administrative Office of the Courts has decided to retire the ACIS criminal extract, a tool used by journalists and researchers to track trends in criminal justice in North Carolina. We’re asking them to reconsider.
N.C. Appeals Court Strengthens Fair Report Privilege
Note: N.C. Open Government Coalition board member Amanda Martin contributed this post. Martin serves as counsel for the North Carolina Press Association and Supervising Attorney for the First Amendment Law Clinic at Duke University. The N.C. Court of Appeals handed down some very good news for journalists this month. The case arose after the arrest
Open Letter: UNC’s Surveillance of Faculty E-mail
The N.C. Open Government Coalition explains the public records implications of universities’ requests to monitor faculty and staff e-mail and cloud storage.
N.C. Treasurer Dale Folwell’s office wins Sunshine Award for government
State Treasurer Dale Folwell and his staff received the awarded a Sunshine Award for Government for their service in responding to and fulfilling public records requests.
News & Observer journalist wins Sunshine Award for coverage of budget transparency
News & Observer reporter Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan garnered a Sunshine Award for Journalism for a series of stories tracking budget negotiations among state legislators.
RT @NCNewsWorks: Did you miss last week's NC News & Information Summit? Don't worry — @Eric_Frederick has a great recap in today's newslet…
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Was awesome having @upstatenc involved in the News & Info Summit. If you went to their session to talk transparency in the legislature, check this out!
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