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RAIN 02/02: Weekly Update 01/28/02 Part 2



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Washington Post 01/28/02
Atlanta, Ready to Revisit an American Evil
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46749-2002Jan27.html

by Darryl Fears
ATLANTA -- On a spring afternoon nearly two years ago, Jimmy Allen met Rick Beard for lunch at a luxurious restaurant in this city's wealthy Buckhead community. The food was superb, but what brought them together was a shared vision of mounting one of the most
powerful and controversial exhibitions of vintage photographs in Atlanta's history.
Allen, a collector, had the art -- 75 photographs taken during the lynchings of
African Americans across the South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His
picture book, "Without Sanctuary," was a national bestseller. Beard, executive
director of the Atlanta History Center, had the facility -- a palace of gleaming
wood, marble and glass that could accommodate thousands.


Washington Post 01/28/02
Cheney Refuses Records' Release
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46856-2002Jan27.html

by Dana Milbank
Vice President Cheney yesterday said he would not give congressional
investigators records from the administration's energy policy development, inviting what legal experts say would be the highest profile court fight between Congress
and an administration since Watergate.


Washington Post 01/28/02
Editorial: 'Protection' From Knowledge
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47102-2002Jan27.html

WHEN AN OPEN society starts looking for ways to "harden its infrastructure" against terrorism, just about anything can look like a soft spot. That's especially true when
nervous lawmakers begin to focus on the vast variety of information this country makes available to the public.


Bluefield Daily Telegraph 01/27/02
Mercer, McDowell sheriffs: Records are open to public
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3100705&BRD=2088&PAG=461&dept_id=346229&rfi=6

by Charles Owens
PRINCETON - Although they flunked a test coordinated by Associated Press member newspapers, both Mercer County Sheriff Harold Buckner and McDowell County Sheriff Michael Brooks emphasize they do comply with West Virginia's Freedom of Inform-ation Act.


Bluefield Daily Telegraph 01/27/02
WV agencies flunk newspaper project
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3093892&BRD=2088&PAG=461&dept_id=346226&rfi=6

Despite a 25-year-old West Virginia law that guarantees an open government, some law enforcement agencies apparently still believe they can ignore the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act. They are woefully wrong.


Bluefield Daily Telegraph 01/27/02
Limited access: W.Va. officials often hesitant to hand over documents
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=3100719&BRD=2088&PAG=461&dept_id=346229&rfi=6

by Ryan Keith
Associated Press
CHARLESTON (AP) - Despite a 25-year-old law that says government
should be open, a survey of county agencies suggests West
Virginians seeking public information are likely to be questioned,
denied or, in some cases, harassed.
The findings of Project Access, a cooperative effort by Associated Press member
newspapers in consultation with the West Virginia Press Association, show widespread
misunderstanding if not an ignorance of West Virginia's Freedom of Information Act and
its requirements.




Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
pakurilecz@aol.com
Richmond, Va