Sorrell: Police probes ought to remain protected from public scrutiny
The confidentiality of criminal investigative files is designed to protect victims and the innocent rather than to shield the work of police and prosecutors from public scrutiny.
Sanford: The private life of public records
We do not know why legislation addressing the right to privacy died in committee. The record is silent; the privacy bill died a very private death.
Private gifts, public trust: Records law at center of press-gown kerfuffle
Corredera says that without a shield law for anonymous donors, UVM can’t compete with other schools for contributions.
