A Washington Department of Social and Health Services worker’s emails and computer usage records have been disclosed in response to a public records request. The requester felt that the state worker had not handled her adoptive son’s case properly and sought information that would help her in her lawsuit against the state.
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Entries from August 2007
Personal emails of government workers are public?
August 31st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: News · Washington
FEMA to Release Info About Disaster Aid Recipients
August 28th, 2007 · No Comments
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta handed down a federal court order in June forcing FEMA to provide address information of disaster aid recipients to four Florida newspapers that fought for this information for almost three years. The court order covers 31 disaster events in 8 states from 1998 through 2004. FEMA will [...]
Tags: Florida · News · federal
Day-Laborer Employer Information Blocked
August 21st, 2007 · No Comments
A San Diego County, California Superior Court judge has temporarily blocked the City of Vista from releasing the names, addresses and telephone numbers of private employers who have registered to hire day laborers. After a local anti-illegal immigration group requested the information under the California Public Records Act, the ACLU filed suit. The ACLU [...]
Tags: California · News · states