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New Jersey Open Public Records Act: N.J.S.A. §§ 47:1A-1 to 47:1A-13 2002 [42] Citizens of the state/commonwealth New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act NMSA §§ 14-2-1 to 14-2-12 1993 [43] Any person New York New York Freedom of Information Law Pub. Off. §§ 84 to 90 1974 [44] Any person North Carolina North Carolina Public Records Law
Local election officials in Florida and Michigan have reported spending 25-70% of staff time in recent years on processing public records requests. [55] In 2022, officials in Maricopa County, Arizona reported one request that required nearly half the election office’s staff to spend four days sorting and scanning 20,000 documents. [56]
Access to U.S. national public records is guided by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requests for access to records pursuant to FOIA may be refused by federal agencies if information requested is subject to exemption, or some information may be redacted (deleted). In addition to the national FOIA, all states have some form of FOI legislation.
The FOIA Project was created by TRAC to track government agencies' responsiveness to public records requests and to document the growing number of FOIA cases litigated in federal court. [10] The Project maintains a public website with information on federal FOIA cases, [ 31 ] agency FOIA processing times, a list of the most active FOIA ...
Federal Way is a city in King County, Washington, United States and part of the Seattle metropolitan area. One of the most recently incorporated cities in the county, [6] its population was 101,030 at the 2020 census. [4] Federal Way is the 10th most populous city in Washington and the 5th most populous in King County.
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
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The journalists sued in District Court, limiting their request to documents containing information that was a matter of public record. While the suit was pending, two more of the brothers died, and the FBI (1) released the requested data concerning those brothers, (2) indicated that any financial crime information about the remaining brother ...