California Judges Required to Post Conflict of Interest Statements Online

Conflict of Interest forms for California judges will soon be posted online.

Former Arkansas Coach Petrino and the FOIA

Former Arkansas football coach Petrino found out today that the cell phone records of public employees are public records.

Spike Lee Twitter Mistake Raises Issue of “Subject Confusion”

Spike Lee Twitter mistake raises issue of “subject confusion,” i.e. just because someone has the same name as your research subject doesn’t mean they are your research subject

Steve Jobs FBI File

Steve Jobs FBI file –The FBI uses public records too

Government Guides

Use government guides to find the person with the answer you need and to learn how the government is organized

Demi Moore’s Contribution to Public Records Law

Demi Moore’s recent medical emergency could create a change in California Public Records Law

Tracking Overseas Corporate Registrations

Need to find an overseas corporate registration? List of international registries and resources.

FOIAing the FOIAs — Of Log Review,”Tailgating, ” and “FOIA traps”

FOIA Logs, requesting the requests (aka FOIA “tailgating”) and “FOIA traps” discussed

Search.US.Gov for Federal, State and Local Government Site Search

We’re not in Pueble, CO anymore — search.USA.gov allows targeted searches of state, local and federal government documents

Vogue Archive Now Online-Invaluable for Fashionistas

Fashion magazine Vogue has opened it archive for (paid) public viewing.    By digitizing and scanning its collection in its entirety (advertisements and photos included), Vogue has set a new high water mark for digital archives, many of which, up until this point, have omitted large parts of the printed collection from the digital archiving [...]