On Friday, August 28, the Civitas Institute Center for Law and Freedom (CLF) filed suit against the City of Belmont, North Carolina, alleging violations of state public records ... Keep Reading
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Greensboro to Public: ‘Ashley’ Emails Not Your Business
Imagine you own a business, and you find out one of your employees has been using his or her company email to link to Ashley Madison, the website that supposedly arranges affairs ... Keep Reading
The seminal NC public records case that could have been
In 2008-2009, a legal battle took place in Guilford County Superior Court over whether third-party investigations into city police departments are subject to our state’s public ... Keep Reading
Civitas pressuring state agencies on transparency
In April, I wrote in an editorial at the Burlington Times-News that North Carolina attorneys needed to step up to the plate and enforce our state's public records law. Since then, ... Keep Reading
Civitas Op-Ed in Burlington Times-News
On Sunday, the Burlington-based Times-News ran my opinion piece in which I argue that North Carolina's public records laws suffer from several fundamental flaws. The piece begins ... Keep Reading
Civitas Drops Lawsuit Following Fulfillment of Records Request
April 8, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Elliot Engstrom (919) 834-2099 elliot.engstrom@nccivitas.org RALEIGH – The Civitas Institute today voluntarily dismissed its ... Keep Reading
Another wrong step for NC public records
Yesterday, representatives from the Civitas Institute joined the rest of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition in Durham for Sunshine Day, an annual event where leaders from ... Keep Reading
Providing Public Records Is McCrory Admin’s Business
Imagine that your house caught fire, and when you called the fire department, the fire chief told you they had to charge you a fee to look up your address, and then additional fees ... Keep Reading
Why Is McCrory Admin Charging to Look Up Records?
The state Department of Transportation (DOT) is reportedly charging the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) for merely looking up public records in its files – and that’s ... Keep Reading
“Sunshine Week”: Why Public Records Requests are Not ‘Bullying’
The N&O published an editorial commemorating "sunshine week" - serving to highlight the importance of government transparency and the public's ability to view public document ... Keep Reading
