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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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May 23, 2005  Palm Beach Post, by Susan Spencer-Wendel: Proseuctors seek return of Limbaugh’s medicals Orlando Sentinel, by Vicki McClure: State keeps FCAT scoring a secret (*free registration required) …
May 18, 2005 Associated Press: State enhances its sexual predator/offender database to allow searching within miles in addition to Zip code … Palm Beach Post, by Alan Gomez: Legislature adds 22 new exemptions to state’s public records law … Fort Myers News-Press, by Alison Kepner: Fort Myers mayor’s speaking ban for meetings brings a loud response … Fort Myers News-Press, by Alison Kepner: Fort Myers mayor bans public comment on non-agenda items at council meetings … South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Paula McMahon: Pompano officials face fines for secret breakfast meeting with Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne … WCJB TV-20 News, Gainesville, by Heather Sorentrue: Gainesville police detectives are looking into how a children's videotape from a public library wound up full of pornography …
May 13, 2005 South Florida Sun-Sentinel, by Mark Hollis: Lawmakers dilute voters’ demand to see records on medical mistakes … The Associated Press: Six news media outlets fight jury rules in terror trial … Tallahassee Democrat, by Nancy Cook Lauer: Secret meetings with MCI alleged in connection with state tech projects … The Associated Press: Judge OKs public release of evidence in Payne Stewart crash trial … Insurance Journal: Matrix II database would tap into Florida insurance customer records … South Florida Sun-Sentinel editorial: Meeting between Pompano Beach officials and sheriff may have violated the Sunshine Law … Boca Raton News, by Dale M. King: Boca Raton may post sexual offender information on local cable TV … Florida Today, by Patrick Peterson: Real ID act sparks real concerns about hackers and identity theft …
May 11, 2005 First Amendment Center, by David L. Hudson Jr.: A Florida attorney has sued the Florida Bar because he says the Bar is trying to squelch his free speech … Leesburg Daily Commercial, by Michelle L. Start.: Agenda reviews by Lake County School Board do not violate Sunshine Law, school board attorney says … St. Petersburg Times editorial: FDLE officials say concerns over its computer database system are overblown, but there are reasons to be apprehensive …
May 9, 2005 St. Petersburg Times, by Carrie Johnson: Government in the sunshine finds partly cloudy skies in Legislature’s annual session … Palm Beach Post editorial: Public comment period begins on Supreme Court Committee on Privacy and Court Records draft report … Leesburg Daily Commercial, by Michelle L. Start: Lake County agenda sessions raise open government concerns … Fort Myers News-Press, by Jeff Cull: News-Press files motion in federal court seeking to force the Federal Emergency Management Agency to explain why it is withholding the names and addresses of people who received hurricane grants …
May 4, 2005 Jacksonville Daily Record, by Bradley Parsons: Duval County court clerk sees paperless future for court records … Lake City Reporter, by Justin Lang: Local law enforcement steps up efforts to track sexual predators … Palm Beach Post, by Stephen Pounds: State identity theft bill heads to governor’s desk … *Orlando Sentinel, by columnist Mark Pino: State sex offender Web site has a dangerous gap (*free registration required) … *Naples Daily News editorial: Bonita Springs city attorney should blaze trail of openness, sunshine … (*free registration required) Palm Beach Post editorial: Limbaugh court loss on records no threat to privacy …
May 2, 2005 Tallahassee Democrat, by Andre Shannon: State’s sex offender Web site gets overhauled … Daytona Beach News-Journal, by John Bozzo: Political forum lets public tune in … WFLA-News Channel 8, by Mark Douglas: Hospitals miss deadline for having infection data on the Web for public … *Naples Daily News, by Jeremy Cox: Vance insists meetings did not violate the state’s Sunshine Laws (*free registration required) … DM Review magazine, by Lou Agosta: Data warehousing lessons learned … *Naples Daily News editorial: Why should the Bonita Springs City Council listen to developers outside of the public’s earshot (*free registration required)? …
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