Public Records Directory Blog

We are launching the BETA version on our Public Records Forum today.
Over the past two years, thousands of our users have asked us for advice about how to find public records, where specifc records are located,  and how to make use of the available public records to resolve personal and legal issues.
We’re confident that our directory has been a valuable resource, but […]

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A national survey of airline pilots finds that safety problems such as near collisions and runway interference occurs much more often than previously thought. This survey was conducted by NASA under an $8.5 million federal safety project through telephone interviews with approximately 24,000 commercial and general aviation pilots; the survey lasted for almost four years.  […]

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California House Assembly Bill 1393 required state agencies to post information on the home pages of their web sites describing how to obtain public records as well as including the necessary request form.     The bill further allowed for cities and counties to face fines for deliberate violations of the rules governing public record requests and […]

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 Recently introduced Wisconsin State Assembly Bill 418  seeks to restrict online access to criminal records through the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access website. This site is a search-able online database of court records.  The bills authors feel that this site has been misused to discriminate against people with criminal records.  Under this bill, access to the […]

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