This editorial appeared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette on Feb. 6, 2016. Sadly, the University of Iowa again is circling its wagons in the face of a call for transparency. This time, the university is refusing to release documents pertaining … Continue Reading
Ryan Foley, the Associated Press’ ace investigative reporter in Iowa City, has obtained a copy of the 2014 opinion poll that the University of Iowa is trying to keep secret, claiming it has no public interest. You can read Foley’s … Continue Reading
This column by the executive director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council was made available to every newspaper in Iowa. By Randy Evans The philosophy behind Iowa’s public records and public meetings laws is quite simple: Government in Iowa … Continue Reading
Dave Busiek, the news director of KCCI-TV in Des Moines, has been named president of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council. Busiek replaces Jim Boyd, who has stepped down as president as he prepares to retire this month as news … Continue Reading
Earlier this year, the Iowa Freedom of Information Council wrote to the top administrators of the Iowa State Patrol and Iowa Department of Public Safety concerning the secrecy surrounding an incident last summer in which a state trooper was involved … Continue Reading
The University of Iowa continued on Friday to refuse to make public research the university conducted into its reputation and the public’s perception of the second largest state university. In December, the Iowa Freedom of Information Council had asked the … Continue Reading
The 2016 session of the Iowa Legislature is underway, and law enforcement agencies have made it clear they will be seeking legislative approval that would keep from public view most video recorded by body cameras worn by law officers. The … Continue Reading
University of Iowa President J. Bruce Harreld has failed to respond to a letter from the Iowa Freedom of Information Council about the university’s refusal to release documents related to work done for the university by a company owned by … Continue Reading
The ranks of the members of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council have grown in recent weeks. The new members of the council are: Carroll Daily Times Herald Drake University School of Journalism Storm Lake Times The FOI Council is … Continue Reading
Officials of the Iowa State Patrol changed their position on releasing the name of a trooper involved in “visible injury” to a man arrested last summer. The State Patrol had refused to make public the trooper’s name. But the State … Continue Reading