David Cuillier
Director | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
David Cuillier’s expertise is in freedom of information, particularly the ability for journalists to acquire government records.
Biography
Dave Cuillier is a leading authority on freedom of information and is the former president of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. During the past two decades, Dave has taught more than 10,000 journalists, students, and citizens how to acquire public records.
Areas of Expertise (2)
Freedom of Information
Access to Information
Media Appearances (3)
Judge denies police union’s motion to take down RJ video
Las Vegas Review-Journal
2023-10-02
A judge denied a police union’s demand to require the Las Vegas Review-Journal to remove or modify a video of corrections officers that was posted with a story about excessive overtime and mistakes at the Henderson jail. District Judge Mark Denton said Monday that he was “not persuaded” to issue a temporary restraining order because the union did not prove that the newspaper causes irreparable harm and injury by keeping up the video of officers without blurring their faces.
School district removes letter from online despite Parents' Bill of Rights clause
The Gainesville Sun online
2023-09-22
Alachua County school district officials may soon have another legal issue to address following the creation of a questionable club at Gainesville High School that potentially violated state and federal laws. This time, the argument boils down to the removal of an appeal letter that, by law, should have been added to the School Board's Sept. 19 agenda.
What are they hiding? State agency quotes high fees to bog down records requests
Las Vegas Review-Journal online
2023-09-08
Since the pandemic’s onset, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has regularly received complaints from people who couldn’t get their unemployment insurance checks, were victims of fraudulent claims or received unexpected overpayment notices from the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. But when the newspaper requested records to look into the problems this year, the agency responded with a series of demands for money, including $650,000 to review emails about the backlog of claims.
Articles (1)
Overclassification overkill: The US government is drowning in a sea of secrets
The ConversationDavid Cuillier
2023-03-02
The U.S. faces far more threats to its national security than from spy balloons or classified documents discovered in former and current presidents’ homes. About 50 million more threats every year. That’s the estimated number of records annually classified as confidential, secret or top secret by the U.S. government. The U.S. has an overclassification problem, which, experts say, ironically threatens the nation’s security.
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