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The Government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. L. 94–409, 90 Stat. 1241, enacted September 13, 1976, 5 U.S.C. § 552b) is a U.S. law passed in 1976 that affects the operations of the federal government, Congress, federal commissions, and other legally constituted federal bodies.
In 1976, as part of the Government in the Sunshine Act, Exemption 3 of the FOIA was amended so that several exemptions were specified: Information relating to national defense, Related solely to internal personnel rules and practices, Related to accusing a person of a crime, Related to information where disclosure would constitute a breach of ...
The exact number of statutory exemptions to the open records law is hard to assess, but estimates exceed 200. [5] In response to criticisms that Florida's public records law had been undermined by the many exemptions, the Florida Legislature enacted the Open Government Sunset Review Act of 1995. Fla. Stat. § 119.15.
Board members argued they were exempt from the 24-hour notice requirement of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act because they hadn't received the union's tentative agreement until the day of the public ...
The Holder Memo is part of series of policy memos on how federal agencies should apply FOIA exemptions. Beginning in 1977 with Attorney General Griffin Bell, and continued by Attorney General William French Smith in 1981 and Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced how the executive branch should approach FOIA, its application, and DOJ's defense of ...
The superintendent said at Tuesday's board meeting that the district would ask their solicitor's law firm to cover the $1,500 sanction
Exemptions to the Sunshine Law are few. The Sunshine Review Act of 1995 applies to meetings. According to that Act, an exemption must fit within one of three categories of identifiable public purposes, and must be seen as compelling enough to override a strong presumption of openness (Section 119.15(2), Florida Statutes).
A state auditor’s report in 2021, prepared in response to a residents’ petition, found problems with bidding procedures, budget information and Sunshine Law compliance.