URBANA — Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman said that he, like other sheriffs “all across the state,” has been inundated with Freedom of Information Act requests, placing a burden on the time of ...

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It is out of step with previous submissions to government bills by the Home Affairs Department, which usually chooses to explicitly support the bill’s passage – “the passage of the amendments is ...

Labor is facing opposition from pretty much everyone on its freedom of information (FOI) bill. Crikey understands the crossbench, including the Greens, intends to oppose it. Members of that bloc held ...

A national policing unit that was criticised for telling local forces to block the release of information under transparency laws has U-turned on a pledge to reform the way it works. The central ...

The unit previously advised forces to refuse to confirm if they used a facial recognition website A national policing unit that was criticised for telling local forces to block the release of ...

Houston ISD made yet another change to the rubric used to evaluate how well teachers perform in their classrooms, one of the major components of teacher evaluations that ultimately determine salaries ...

Maria O'Sullivan is part of a Public Intoxication Reform Evaluation which is funded by the Victorian Department of Justice. She also serves as a member of the Human Rights Advice Panel for the ...

The Albanese government has introduced legislation to overhaul freedom of information laws by allowing blanket refusals for requests that would take more than 40 hours to action. The proposal would ...

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will have a tough time convincing the public to support Labor’s plan to limit Australia’s freedom of information system. Few people would argue that the FOI system’s ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. The Coalition and Greens have vowed to oppose a new government bill to curb ballooning freedom of information requests by imposing a ...