NC Open Government

From the Watauga Democrat (8/10/13): Boone town officials have rewritten the definition of the word, "prompt."

From the Digital Media Law Project (7/25/13): The failure to comply with a records request for email metadata will cost a Washington city more than half a million dollars in statutory and attorney's fees, a Washington Superior Court judge recently decided. On June 28, 2013, the judge ordered the City of Shoreline to pay $538,555 after the Washington Supreme Court ruled that metadata associated with public records is subject to disclosure under the state's open records law.

From the Lumina News (7/24/13): With the release of results from the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina’s public records requests from the 11 law enforcement agencies currently using Automated License Plate Recognition Systems, ACLU of N.C. communications director Mike Meno said the organization hopes to inform citizens about the relatively new technology.

From the Charlotte Observer (7/22/13): A judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Carolinas HealthCare System, one of the nation’s largest public hospital systems, has broken the state public records law.

From the Charlotte Observer (7/16/13): A Charlotte attorney contends in a lawsuit that one of the nation’s largest public hospital chains, Carolinas HealthCare System, has violated the state public records law by keeping secret the terms of a legal settlement.

From the Southern Pines Pilot (7/16/13): Harsh words and bitter feelings over Moore County being added to legislation that would give control of school construction to the county commissioners have subsided somewhat this week.

From the Fayetteville Observer (6/17/13): The General Assembly has passed a bill that brings some clarity to the issue of how much arrest information campus police may withhold from the public. Short version: Some, but not much.

The assistant district attorney for Durham County will begin in August and will also teach in Elon's School of Communications.

From The Pendulum (6/14/13): A bill allowing the public access to records kept by campus police departments at private and nonprofit universities was signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory Wednesday.

From the Burlington Times-News (6/13/13): A bill allowing public access to information maintained by campus police affiliated with private and non-profit institutions of higher education in North Carolina became law this week.