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Many Web links are born to die. Even if that should happen with those below, this list can still be of value.
Use it to help locate important stories about freedom of information in Florida and sometimes elsewhere. Obtain the story through the archives or back issues of the news organization involved, try the headline or keywords in a search engine for another link, or use Lexis-Nexis or other databases that might be available to you or through your local library.
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August 27, 2005  Daytona Beach News-Journal: Judge signs gag order in beating case … *Miami Herald, by Scott Hiaasen: Judge rules Miami-Dade prosecutors won't be forced to make public thousands of records in the case of an FBI agent accused of aiding a 1982 mob hit at Miami International Airport (*free registration required) … Florida Times-Union, by Timothy J. Gibbons: New Jacksonville international trade group plots in secret …
August 25, 2005 Leesburg Daily Commercial, by Michelle Start: Complaints get novel about overweight teen who attempts suicide yanked from middle school … The Tampa Tribune, by Thomas W. Krause: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office wins access to law enforcement Web site’s records …
August 22, 2005 Bradenton Herald, by Duane Marsteller: Manatee Court Clerk Chips Shore on the cutting edge in tackling online records issue … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Ihosvani Rodriguez: Appeals court protects secrecy involving police strategy for Miami trade talks … Daytona Beach News-Journal editorial: Court ruling allows secret deals by government officials … Jacksonville Business Journal, by M.C. Moewe: The Jacksonville Super Bowl Host Committee has refused city officials' request to turn over records produced by four city-paid employees assigned to the private nonprofit group as early as 2001 … Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Driver’s eye holds “unique identifier” … Fort Myers News-Press, guest column by State Sen. Burt Saunders: New law fights identity theft … Information Week, by Thomas Claburn: Search engines find missing identities … *Naples Daily News, by Billy Bruce: Marco bridges might get “spy cams” to help catch criminals (*free registration required) …
August 20, 2005 Daytona News-Journal, by Mark I. Johnson: Sunshine Law ruling on Oak Hill city commissioner could be “death knell” for open government in Florida if it stands, open government advocate says … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Douane D. James: Copies of old FCAT exams won’t be released online for weeks … *Orlando Sentinel: Orange County's mystery of the disappearing public records ... (*free registration required) …August 18, 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Andy Reid: Palm Beach County considers selling Mecca to avoid public scrutiny of land deals … Florida Today, by Jeff Schweers: Meeting involving two Brevard County commissioners, the sheriff and a state representative raises ethics and Sunshine Law questions … Miami New Times, by Francisco Alvarado: Man’s efforts to camcord public meeting meets resistance in Miami-Dade …
August 17, 2005 Associated Press: State panel supports goal of Internet access to court records … Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: Florida Supreme Court committee urges rules on data collection … Associated Press: Federal prosecutor, Escambia Sheriff’s Office settle differences on how much information to release about arrests … WESH.com, Winter Park: Florida ACLU makes public records request to help check out claims that citizens are being spied upon …
August 15, 2005 *Orlando Sentinel, by by Vicki McClure: Old FCAT exams to be made public (*free registration required) … Fort Myers News-Press, by Jeff Cull: Government lawyers asked a federal judge in Fort Myers to rule that it shouldn't have to turn over Federal Emergency Management Agency records sought by three Florida newspapers … *Naples Daily News, by Anne Marie Apollo: Bonita fire commissioner questions an e-mail’s legality (*free registration required) … Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Clerk keeps North Port city records open and available … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Josh Hafenbrack: State and Palm
Beach County officials are pressing for additional layers of secrecy in the Scripps Florida project … Palm Beach Post, by Dara Kam: “Digital birth ID” stirs privacy debate …
August 10, 2005 Florida Today editorial: Change Brevard school policies to safeguard student data … Tallahassee Democrat, by Aetna Smith: Two Leon County schools to screen for sex offenders … Leesburg Daily Commercial, by Nicole King: Blueways project prompts public records request …
August 7, 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Shannon O'Boye
and Andrew Ryan: Broward Sheriff’s Office fires back at FAU professor for critical statements … Associated Press: The U.S. attorney for much of north Florida has stopped working on cases with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office because he says it releases too much information to the public and press … Lakeland Ledger, by Bill Bair: Frostproof mayor and councilman accused of possible illegal meeting with the city manager … Florida Today, by James Dean: Brevard parents upset about access to public school student information …
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