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The Second District Appellate Court recently addressed the question of when an electronic record is a public record subject to FOIA and when a public agency is required to release information from an ...

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A blank copy of Saginaw County's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request form. Though many public bodies have specific forms for citizens to use to request records, Michigan law merely requires a ...