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- -------- Original Message -------- Subject: fwd: [FOI-L] Utah lawmakers close down all directory information in response to request for BlackBerry numbers Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:11:44 -0800 From: Jim Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 8:00 AM -0700 02/09/2006, Joel Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted to the FOI-L list: >We need help in Utah before this spreads. A bill was amended at the >last minute and then swept to the governor for signature. > >The goal was simply to keep the BlackBerry phone numbers of >legislators out of the hands of the media, lobbyists and the public >at large. > But the solution potentially clamped down on all of the ways >Utahns can contact their government. > The story of HB258 is an example of how Utah officials are >grappling with government openness in a digital age - and in this >case limiting access. > As Joel Campbell of the Utah Media Coalition puts it, HB258 "is >like killing a mosquito with an atomic bomb." >Read the whole story at: > >http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3490185 > >Joel Campbell >Assistant Professor >Department of Communications >360 BRMB >Brigham Young University >Provo, UT 84042 >801-422-2125 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD65IJtcdvoAezhUsRAqOTAJwKd3Ff20poxHFgjCZOUVidWIyB9wCghGCh tqibNjUCTFtUSsl5xfCvspE= =XRtf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
