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THOMAS (Library of Congress) Insurance Claims and the Appraisal Clause | Page 4 SAN FRANCISCO — A wind-driven wildfire near the Oregon border has damaged or destroyed 100 homes and forced at least 1,500 people to flee. Authorities say the tiny town of Weed near the base of Mount Shasta is under siege from a 300-acre blaze that erupted around 1:30 p.m. Monday. The blaze also burned Weed’s Catholic church to the ground and damaged a lumber mill. Winds gusting to 40 mph are pushing the flames into the town. Siskiyou County sheriff’s deputies have gone door-to-door to evacuate the town and nearby Carrick and Lake Shastina. The main north-south freeway, Interstate 5, has been closed in the area. Firefighters work to put out fires and protect structures along Center Street on Monday.GREG BARNETTE/THE RECORD SEARCHLIGHT/AP Firefighters work to put out fires and protect structures along Center Street on Monday. The blaze has burned a less than a square mile and destroyed 21 structures — 20 of them homes, CalFire spokesman Dennis Mathisen said. The destructive fire led Gov.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) April 9th, 2014 OIP highlights successes that agencies have achieved in increasing proactive disclosures as reported in their 2014 Chief FOIA Officer Reports in the third part of a continuing series. April 4th, 2014 In the second part of a continuing series, OIP highlights successes in agencies ensuring that they have effective systems in place for responding to FOIA requests as reported in agency 2014 Chief FOIA Officer Reports. March 20th, 2014 In the first of a five-part series, OIP highlights successes that agencies have had in applying the presumption of openness in their administration of the FOIA as reported in their 2014 Chief FOIA Officer Reports March 11th, 2014 February 27th, 2014 Members of the public and agency personnel are invited to join the Department of Justice as we celebrate the beginning of Sunshine Week 2014.

OPEN RECORDS • THE RIGHT-TO-KNOW LAW DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE LAWOur PDF version of the Right to Know Law is bookmarked and searchable, making it easy to find the section you are looking for. PaFOIC “QUICK GUIDE” TO THE NEW LAWOur comprehensive easy-to-read guide to the new law, in a Q&A format. Find answers to most of your questions here. Includes a copy of the state's standard Right to Know Request form. ABOUT THIS PAGE:To navigate to specific sections of the law in the text of the law below, click on chapter or section titles in the Table of Contents. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaRIGHT TO KNOW LAWAct 3 of 2008 CHAPTER 1. CHAPTER 3. CHAPTER 5. CHAPTER 7. CHAPTER 9. CHAPTER 11. CHAPTER 13. CHAPTER 15. CHAPTER 17. CHAPTER 31. Section 101. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Right-to-Know Law. Section 102. The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Administrative proceeding." "Agency." "Aggregated data."

The National Security Archive National Freedom of Information Coalition Earthfiles.com Headline News The Disclosure Project Declassified Government Documents Declassified Government Documents About Declassified Documents | Security Classification | Guides | FOIA Information | Collections at UC Berkeley | Internet Collections and Indexes | Presidential Libraries About Declassified Documents Documents may be classified for many reasons - issues of national security or privacy. a highly-publicized document is published as a part of an investigation. As there are no clear patterns of publication for most declassified documents, it falls to the researcher interested in a document that is declassified to research which agency created the document, who may have researched the document originally, and where it might be now. Security Classification Executive Order 12958 (Classified National Security Information, April 17, 1995) prescribes a uniform system for classifying, safeguarding, and declassifying national security information. The government has had many reviews of security classification. Guides United States intelligence : an encyclopedia.

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