Ranchers want grazing permit information kept confidential
Article Abstract:
Ranchers in several western states who hold grazing permits from the US Forest Service have attempted to keep information on the permits confidential when faced with Freedom of Information Act requests from environmental groups.
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2000
United States, States, Licensing agreements, Access control, United States. Forest Service, Grazing, Government information
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2000
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Ad hoc or not, panel of city employees is a public body: employees who recommended award of towing contract subject to meeting law
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The author discusses the South Carolina Supreme Court's decision in Quality Towing, Inc. v. City of Myrtle Beach, in which the court ruled that ad hoc employee panels awarding public contracts constitute public bodies subject to the state's open meeting law.
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2001
South Carolina, Laws, regulations and rules, Public contracts, Government contracts, Public meetings
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2001
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Subjects list: Cases, Freedom of information
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