Sentences with phrase «from public record laws»

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But data obtained under public record laws from those states - New York, Virginia, Oklahoma and Florida - provide a snapshot.
Under current law, CBO expects debt held by the public to rise continuously over the next decade from today's post — World War II era record levels.
Attorney Eugene Pettis said the videos are exempt from release under the state's public records laws because...
The bills proposed Friday by lawmakers would also create exemptions from the state's public - records law to protect the privacy of victims and provide money to raze and reconstruct the building where the shooting occurred.
From the legal perspective, the Hearings Officer also has concerns that having the State rely upon a private organization to archive data could run afoul of the State's public records laws...
But who exactly is on the party's payroll is not clear from public records, at least in its state - level, campaign - finance filings, though that information is require by law.
The order, by Justice Rosalyn H. Richter of the Appellate Division in Manhattan, had been sought by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, which this month lost its lawsuit seeking to have the videos classified as personnel records that state law exempts from public disclosure without a court order.
Not a scrap of footage from NYPD body - worn cameras can come into public view, Appellate Justice Rosalyn Richter ruled Monday, while the court considers a demand from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association to bury the videos forever, on the ground that releasing it violates a state law keeping cop personnel records secret..
Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.
Weitz & Luxenberg joined other law firms that employ lawmakers in fighting against subpoenas from the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption that sought records of what legislators — including the speaker — were doing for their outside earnings.
College officials have been careful to hide it from the public record, so it can not be requested through the state's open records laws.
ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will spend another $ 300,000 of public money to assist several law firms — including the one that employs him — as they fight subpoenas from a state anti-corruption panel, state records show.
Gross also said the ethics board is in a difficult position as an agency that keeps the financial disclosure records open for public inspection, while the board and its staff are barred by the county ethics law from disclosing confidential information.
There are numerous private nonprofit organizations and foundations across the state, many at SUNY schools, that contend they operate outside the state's open government laws, keeping their records out of reach from the public and journalists.
And despite the law, the NYPD — reeling from an era of widespread corruption in the 1970s — continued providing disciplinary records on officers to assure the public they were not returning to a time of covering up protection rackets and other types of untoward conduct.
Police personnel records were made available to reporters for decades, until this April, when city officials said they realized that releasing the records violated a state law shielding certain personnel files from public disclosure, except when ordered by a judge.
Bonus recipients included deputy chief homicide prosecutor Robert Biancavilla, who received a total of $ 108,886 between 2012 and 2017, and division chief Edward Heilig and top public corruption prosecutor Christopher McPartland, who each received $ 73,000, according to records obtained from county Comptroller John Kennedy's office through the Freedom of Information Law.
About this time last year, August 7, 2014, Mayor de Blasio announced a public - private partnership that would allow the City to «unlock and analyze municipal decision - making information» from the City Record and publish the record online while signing new legislation intRecord and publish the record online while signing new legislation intrecord online while signing new legislation into law.
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The issue: An obscure section of the state civil rights law that shields myriad police, correction officer and paid firefighter employee records from public disclosure isn't known that well at the Capitol.
The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal battles against researchers who use animals in their studies and opponents of genetically modified organisms seeking to expose the emails of scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.
The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for students.
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And in Washington, D.C., charter school boards are exempt from open meetings and public records laws.
Facing significant legal and political exposure over the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the district has tried to keep information from the public and put out untrue and misleading statements, frustrating parents who say this is the time for maximum transparency... It flatly refused to issue any records regarding the shooting to the news media, in a possible violation of the state's open - records law.
The Department of Education isn't claiming an exemption in public records law in denying the June 12 request from The Associated Press and delaying any production of the internal documents for at least several more weeks.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Creative Minds International Public Charter School, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child's education records.
And finally, less than one year ago, when the Chairman of the State Board of Education and Malloy's previous Commissioner of Education went before a special legislative hearing on the Common Core, both of these public officials admitted — on the record — that there was no law or mechanism to prevent a parent from opting their children out of Common Core SBAC testing.
Most banks invisible on federal complaint website — A gap in consumer protection law exempts thousands of smaller banks from the federal government's public complaint records... (See Invisible bank complaints)
Fewer than one fourth of cities have procedures that actually support compliance with the 1986 Oklahoma Dog and Cat Sterilization Act, a law intended to keep shelter animals from giving birth to more unwanted animals; many do not keep records of the number of animals handled and 28 shelters refused to return calls or told us they would not discuss their shelter policies with the public.
· Labeling of all prescription medication dispensed to animal owners be labeled in accordance with state and federal law · Requiring all animal shelters operating and providing veterinary services in South Carolina be subjected to the regulation of the South Carolina Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners · Veterinarians providing veterinary services in animal shelters prepare written or electronic records concerning the animals in their respective care and maintain these for a minimum of three years · Animal shelters prepare and maintain records documenting the number of animals admitted to the facility and the method by which those animals exit the facility, whether by adoption, fostering, natural death, euthanasia, transfer to another state, or other means of discharge · Establishes a study committee for animal care and welfare issues in South Carolina · A mobile practice affiliated with, operated by, or supported by a public or private nonprofit animal shelter is prohibited from operating within eyesight of the nearest privately owned veterinarian practice.
Ian Hallett, MPA Director of Animal Services Hillsborough County BOC office: (813) 744-5350 fax: (813) 612 - 914 Please note: all correspondence to or from this office is subject to Florida's Public Records laws.
Some restrictions that various versions of BSL impose are: - muzzling and leashing in public - muzzling and leashing in cars - extra-short leash lengths - automatic dangerous or vicious dog designation, without any bite history - banning from city parks and beaches where other breeds are allowed - banning from leash - free parks where other breeds are allowed - banning completely from jurisdiction (although sometimes existing dogs are allowed to stay)- special (i.e., more expensive) licensing and jurisdiction - wide registry - special tags identifying the dog as a restricted dog - mandatory microchipping and photograph - mandatory insurance (often one million dollars) for each individual dog on the premises - mandatory signage indicating the presence of the dog on the owner's property - mandatory secure enclosures (in some cases, mandatory chaining)- mandatory spay / neuter (to eventually eliminate the breed entirely)- higher fines and / or jail time if a restricted breed bites or menaces - fines and / or jail time for any infraction of any provision regarding restricted breeds - age limit for walking the dog in public - persons with criminal records not allowed to own a restricted breed - ability of law enforcement to stop owners on the street just to check the dog's status - ability of law enforcement to seize dogs without proof of wrongdoing - ability of law enforcement to enter an owner's home, with or without a warrant, to investigate and / or seize a dog
State public records laws allow members of the public to get documents and other public records from state and local governments.
Allows privately funded industrial hemp research to be conducted in Hawaii under certain conditions; requires monitoring by department of public safety; requires reporting to county law enforcement; exempts argonomic data derived from research from public records disclosure; confers immunity from criminal prosecution for the research.
Allows privately funded industrial hemp research to be conducted in Hawaii under certain conditions; requires monitoring by department of public safety; requires reporting to county law enforcement; exempts agronomic data derived from research from public records disclosure; confers immunity from criminal prosecution for the research.
Allows private funded industrial hemp research to be conducted under certain conditions; requires monitoring by the DPS; requires reporting to the respective county law enforcement; exempts agronomic data derived from research from public records disclosure; confers immunity from criminal prosecution for the research.
UCS» report laments scientists at public universities, research institutes, and federal agencies are subjected to demands for information under a variety of state open - records laws and the 1967 federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which was designed to hold government agencies accountable by providing the public with access to records from any federal agency.
April McCullum Burlington Free Press A Vermont judge has rejected the argument that the Vermont Attorney General's Office is exempt from state public records law and ordered the office to release some documents.
An internal tracking document — obtained from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) by the Center for Media and Democracy under Texas public records law — reveals the scope of ALEC's anti-environmental efforts in 2014.
by April McCullum Burlington Free Press A lawyer at the Vermont Attorney General's Office is claiming a broad exemption from transparency laws to defend the denial of a public records request.
Chief Assistant Attorney General William Griffin argued in court last month that work at the Attorney General's Office generally is exempt from state public - records laws, unlike -LSB-...]
Because of concerns about legitimate First Amendment rights to public records, the statutes typically prohibit the sites from charging photo removal fees or law enforcement agencies from providing photos to sites that charge such fees.
«Massachusetts» public records law is clear that documents of the type that the Lawyers» Committee has requested must be disclosed and can not be shielded from public scrutiny.»
We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington state and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access - to - court rulings, and media law
A sealed record is sealed in the publics eye but... I had a Federal Background check done and those records are not sealed from FBI, Law Enforcement, and Social Security.
Edward has recently developed experience in helping to create «Brexit» teams within law firms and has built up a track record of placing senior lawyers from government and the public sector, including from the House of Lords and 10 Downing Street.
I've been thinking about this idea since and come to the conclusion that while it makes sense from the perspective of the public and more closely reflects the unofficial versions of the law on services such as CanLII or in print consolidations like practitioners» criminal codes that make accessing the law simpler, it would increase the distance between the laws and the legislative process that created them, making them worse records.
Even if the client relationship is known as a result of public record filings, such as court documents that identify both the law firm and the client they represent, the law firm still needs to obtain informed consent from the client to recognize them formally as a client.
I know in the UK, there is a law that allows you to request all records about you from any institution, public or private, including private and publicly traded companies.
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