David Cuillier will be speaking at the upcoming COGI-tations lecture, “Digging Digital Docs: The Law and Practical Strategies for Acquiring Government Electronic Records,” on September 27, 2010. Cuillier wrote The Art of Access with Charles Davis of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. Since there will always be more stories about public records being concealed or revealed, they maintain an blog with the same name. An interesting recent post described a lawsuit filed by an open government group in California, asking California State University to disclose their speakers contract for a recent appearance by Sarah Palin. The contract was a public record, Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne ruled. See the story: “Bendable Straws.. Really?“