OUR LATEST NEWS Spring 2007• Around the South• Media loses access to SSN and the day, month of birth of Georgia city, county and state employees• Georgia cities get the open-government fever• Federal shield laws introduced in both houses• Cox Foundation's and other gifts boost open government in Georgia• Media freedom on floor of legislatures being taken away• Reporters confined to media gallery in Georgia House• Around the South: N.C. students struggle to define sunshine laws• Sunshine Week 2007 in GeorgiaWinter 2007• State should open government, not shield its business• Needless barrier to public access• Don't stifle open records requests• 2007 Charles L. Weltner Freedom of Information Banquet• Visceral truths of 2007 law and journalism at the Georgia Bar, Media and Judiciary Conference• Georgia FOI Confidential• Georgia's Green Book signals "Go" for citizen access to the open records of public schools• Florida to open Office of Open Government• Georgia court narrows scope of anti-SLAPP law• Cathy Cox leaves office having set a standard for openness in Georgia state government• Legislators not sure if industrial-recruitment secrecy bill will re-surface• Biggest year yet for Georgia open government mediation program• Judge Fuller permits cameras for Nichols trial• Shoob named 2007 Weltner FOI RecipientClick here for the Newsletter Archive
