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Judge affirms News Sentinel’s right to emails

By Deborah Fisher|2014-04-09T16:58:56-05:00January 20, 2014|Categories: email|Tags: emails, Knox County, Knoxville News Sentinel, litigation|0 Comments

A judge sided again with the Knoxville News Sentinel in an open records request for emails sent to or by county officials. Here is the full article, published by the Knoxville News Sentinel last week and reprinted here with permission: Judge: Knox County should turn over emails By Gerald Witt, Knoxville News Sentinel For the second time, a judge told Knox County legal staff Monday to turn over emails requested by the News Sentinel. Blount County Circuit Court Judge David Duggan said during a hearing that nine emails sent to or by county officials, including Mayor Tim Burchett, should be made public. In October, he directed the county to release the records, but Knox County Law Director Richard “Bud” Armstrong [...]

Personal email accounts can hide government business

Breaking Bad character Walter White uses a second cell phone to hide his meth business. The Associated Press published an insightful story by Jack Gillum on Saturday that shines light on the practice of government officials using personal email accounts to sidestep public records laws. In this case, a top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used her Yahoo email account to send messages about closing bridge lanes to an official with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The closure resulted in huge traffic backups and is being viewed as politically motivated payback to [...]