• AnnArbor.com: FOIA Friday – Information versus records and constructing your appeal

• The Telegraph (U.K.): Lives at risk as hospitals fail to act on patient safety

• The Herald: S.C. school districts required to post itemized spending records online

Happy FOI Friday, everyone! Today is my last day at SPJ Headquarters, and I want to thank you for being part of the SPJ FOI conversation.

• The New York Law Journal: CIA’s response to call for terror suspect data ruled adequate

• The Spartanburg Herald-Journal (S.C.): Holly Springs confronts FOIA after reporter banned

• The Guardian Data Blog: Every BBC freedom of information request made – and what happened to it

• The Centre Daily Times (Pa.): First Amendment hot summer topic

• Wall Street Journal: Group sues for details on Imam’s death in raid

• The Washington Post: Where’s the full disclosure on the D.C. teacher firings?

• The Post and Courier (S.C.): Watching what in the woods?

• The Guardian: BBC lost laptops and mobiles worth £240,000

• The Detroit News: Detroit withholds records in cop’s shooting death

• Discover Magazine: Body scanners in courthouses have stored thousands of personal images

• The Seattle Times: Washington citizens must continue fight to keep tabs on government

• CNN: Soldier suspected of Wiki leak – ‘I’ve been isolated’

• The Washington Post: Congress to hold hearing on SEC and FOIA

• The NY Times: After Afghan War leaks, revisions in a shield bill

• Fierce Government: FOIA trends up and down

• The Virginian-Pilot: Public information is ‘free’ if you’re willing to pay

• Politics Daily: WikiLeaks Lesson – Information does not always want to be free

• The Huff Post: Freedom of Information comes to Malaysia

The bill isn’t perfect, but it’s a step in the right direction, Malaysia FOI advocates say.

• The Journal-Standard: Illinois Senate approves bill that keeps public employee evaluations secret

• Channel 4 News (U.K.): National Health Service whistleblowers ‘paid to keep mouth shut’