Filtering activist claims libraries ignoring FOI requests

[Filtering Facts]

Filtering activist claims many public libraries ignoring FOI requests 
http://www.freedomforum.org/press/1999/4/6burt.asp

By David Hudson
First Amendment Center 
4.6.99

Filtering Facts founder David Burt says his effort to discover problems
public libraries face with patrons who access online pornography has been
stifled by refusals to comply with his freedom-of-information requests. 
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According to Burt's report, "Dangerous Access: The Epidemic of Pornography
in America's Public Libraries and the Threat to Children," 293 libraries ignored
his request. Another 15 libraries sent letters refusing to
comply. As for the libraries that did comply, 216 reported no incidents and
the remaining 89 reported a combined 450 incidents. 

Nearly all of the 15 public libraries that refused Burt's request cited
state law protecting library-patron confidentiality. 

Burt has enlisted legal assistance from the American Family Association to
force the libraries to disclose the information he seeks.

Michael J. DePrimo, an AFA staff attorney, sent letters on March 23 to three
of the 15 libraries that had refused Burt's request in writing - the Denver
Public Library, the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library and the St.
Louis Public Library. 

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Rest of article at http://www.freedomforum.org/press/1999/4/6burt.asp

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David Burt	President, Filtering Facts
Website: 	http://www.filteringfacts.org
E-Mail:  	David_Burt at filteringfacts.org
Phone/Fax:	503 635-7048