Senate nears FOIA overhaul amid open goverment debates
The South Carolina Senate moves toward major changes to the 15 year old FOIA law while debating how transparent subcommittees must be. Proposed amendments address meeting notices and disclosure of discretionary spending by the university president.
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John Martin
Fairfield
Tom Smith
Florence
Glenn McConnell
Charleston
University of South Carolina
Peden McLeod
D-Colleton
Martin
Bern Mebane
The
South Carolina Press Association
Smith
Contractors Got Blueprints for U.S. Embassies in Beirut and Beyond
A GAO study finds foreign contractors received blueprints for sensitive U.S. embassy structures without security clearances in Beirut and other sites. State Department says safeguards were tightened after 1986, but Beirut copies were already distributed and screening was limited. The Beirut project targets an April 1988 completion.
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D-Fla
Olympia Snowe
R-Maine
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Lahore
Pakistan
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Rabat
Morocco
Sanaa
Yemen Arab Republic
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Tunisia
Vientane
Laos
Grand Jury to Hear Case in Williams Kidnap Murder
A Richland County grand jury will consider murder kidnapping and burglary charges against Larry Donnel Williams for the kidnapping and death of 3 year old Lashonda Randolph in Columbia. Williams admitted during a police interview that he caused the girl's death by pressing on her nose during an attempted break in.
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Richland County
Larry Donnel Williams
Miller Shealy
Williams
Lashonda Randolph
Ann L. Farr
Harold “Chubb” Chambers
Columbia Police Department
Lashonda
Chambers
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