"PWCS has to first notify Amazon of 'any Public Records Act requests,' and also allow Amazon 'the right to request exemption or redaction.'"
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Amazon’s been the subject of a lot of headlines lately. But while the company’s growing power in the consumer market has drawn scrutiny, Amazon’s move to capture another large stream of spending — the public sector’s — has gone largely unnoticed. The most brazen change Amazon made to Prince William County Schools’ terms involves a section that covers the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The original terms note that, under the law, all of the documents and proceedings related to the contract “shall be open to the inspection of any citizen, or any interested person, firm or corporation.” In Amazon’s re-write, Amazon included a provision that says that, when disclosing information about the contract, PWCS has to first notify Amazon of “any Public Records Act requests,” and also allow Amazon “the right to request exemption or redaction based on assertions of confidentiality or proprietary information to the extent permitted by applicable law.” PWCS accepted the changes to this section of its terms and conditions as written by Amazon.
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Loudoun County government on Thursday rolled out a new online public records request system that county officials say will make requesting records easier for the public. The Freedom of Information Act Management System, a GovQA, product can be accessed through www.loudoun.gov/foia. The new system allows requesters to submit and track inquiries, and county staff can communicate with the request, track applicable fees and deliver the records. “The system is also more efficient because it standardizes and streamlines the process through an online system that is designed to manage public records requests from start to finish,” says a county statement. st by email, U.S. mail, in person or by phone or fax.
Loudoun Times-Mirror
Unable to serve on two citizen boards, newly appointed Pittsylvania County Department of Social Services board member Ron Merricks chose to remain on the Board of Zoning Appeals. In an email to Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors chairman Bob Warren last Friday, Merricks said his statement came after a conversation with county attorney Vaden Hunt stating, "It was best I do not to serve on the BZA [Board of Zoning Appeals] and the DSS [Department of Social Services] board."
Register & Bee
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