Those who have been following the controversy over the Wisconsin Republican Party’s open records request for access to certain of the emails sent from or received by my @wisc.edu state email account since January 1 have undoubtedly been awaiting news about how this request will be handled. My colleagues at colleges and universities across the … Continue reading “University of Wisconsin-Madison Strives to Balance Public Records with Academic Freedom”
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Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom
A Tactic I Hope Republicans Will Rethink: Using the Open Records Law to Intimidate Critics Here’s the headline: the Wisconsin Republican Party has issued an Open Records Law request for access to my emails since January 1 in response to a blog entry I posted on March 15 concerning the role of the American Legislative … Continue reading “Abusing Open Records to Attack Academic Freedom”