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To: Frantzie
The HI open or Sunshine law requires the state to serve up the info if a state official makes comments about anything.

Sort of. It says, Disclosure is required for "Information collected and maintained for the purpose of making information available to the general public." I take this to mean that when a department puts together a public report, the information that was used for the report can be requested and must be disclosed. It's not clear whether this applies to public statements and/or comments made to the press. Second, there seems to be some protection for private documents, although it's supposed to be outweighed by public interest. Nevertheless, there should be no reason to keep Obama's birth records private if they are legitimate.

158 posted on 05/06/2010 7:26:10 AM PDT by edge919
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To: edge919

And the OIP Opinion Letters are clear that once something has been published (printed) there is no longer a privacy interest protecting it from disclosure.


168 posted on 05/06/2010 7:36:48 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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