We here at the Free Public Records Directory are sometimes contacted about removing personal information from public records. It seems a good idea to cover this idea on a broader basis. Neither our site, nor any other directory of public links, has the ability to remove information from public record files. Public records are [...]
Entries from January 2008
Removing Personal Information From Public Records
January 30th, 2008 · 6 Comments
President Bush Signs Open Government Act
January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
On the last day of 2007, President Bush signed the Open Government Act of 2007. This Act amends the Freedom of Information Act and puts in place a tracking system so that both citizens and the media can determine the status of their FOIA requests, if such request will take longer than ten days to [...]
Access to Public Records and the Right to Vote
January 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments
From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer on January 9, 2008:
More than 20 states require some form of identification at the polls. Courts have upheld voter ID laws in Arizona, Georgia and Michigan, but struck down Missouri’s. The Indiana case should be decided by late June, in time for the November elections.
An issue related to access to public [...]