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FOI Columns from The IRE Journal

2005
Sunshine Week highlightsneed for yearlong vigilanceat state and federal levels
By Charles Davis (May/June 2005)
Trickle-down fascism could be emboldening a county clerk near you
By Charles Davis (March/April 2005)
Environmental hazards: What you don't know just might hurt you
By Joseph A. Davis (Jan/Feb 2005)

2004
Beware regulatory creep as secrecy shrouds records
By Pete Weitzel (Nov/Dec 2004)

Summer records work perfect election preparation
By Charles Davis (July/Aug 2004)

Privacy exemptions may prove higher hurdle than national security
By Jennifer LaFleur (May/June 2004)

Knowledge of scientific results now endangered by OMB plan
By Charles Davis (March/April 2004)

More daunting tests ahead pitting 'right to know' against 'need to know'
By Charles Davis (Jan/Feb 2004)

2003
With so much data now, story potential abounds on school testing front
By Charles Davis (Nov/Dec 2003)

Federal security provisions could shield corporate info with new 'classified ' label
By Charles Davis (Sept/Oct 2003)

HIPAA starting to deny basic information to public
By Jennifer LaFleur (July/Aug 2003)

Paper intervenes in case to argue for public database
By Ziva Branstetter (May/June 2003)

Courts slamming doors on media and public access
By Jennifer LaFleur (March/April 2003)

Federal commission changing access rules to avoid FOIA guidelines
By Charles Davis (Jan/Feb 2003)


2002
Press needs to challenge new concentration of power
By Charles Davis (Jan/Feb 2002)

Proposed FOI exemptions at state agency level require healthy skepticism
By Charles Davis (May/June 2002)

Don’t wait! Fight proposed medical privacy rules now
By Charles Davis (July/Aug 2002)

Withholding information by wrapping it in a flag
By Charles Davis (Sept/Oct 2002)

Sun-Sentinel uses FOI-powered spotlight to find missing children
By Charles Davis (Nov/Dec 2002)


2001
E-mail and cookies: Electronic tests of open records
By Charles Davis (Jan/Feb 2001)

Physicians and greater access
By Charles Davis (March/April 2001)

Fears over privacy lead to more government secrecy
By Charles Davis (May/June 2001)

BREAKOUT
By Jennifer LaFleur (July/August 2001)

Electronic records threaten FOIA
By Stephanie Abrutyn (Sept/Oct 2001)

FOI faces challenge in frightened nation
By Charles Davis (Nov/Dec 2001)