Meanings of public records act in English

The ACLU sent California Public Records Act requests to as many as 131 jurisdictions statewide requesting information on surveillance programs.

But the documents, released to Reuters under the New Jersey Open Public Records Act, show agency officials had warnings that Sandy could be different.

Florida courts "reject the notion that simply alleging embarrassment alone is sufficient grounds to trump Public Records Act disclosure mandates," Shullman wrote.

Green Party MP James Shaw said this could be in breach of the Public Records Act, as texts on a ministerial phone were official correspondence.

The British Public Records Act was introduced in 1958 and updated in 1967, but similar Irish legislation was not introduced until 1986.