February 2003 - Download Press News |
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- HIPAA Privacy Rules Takes Effect April 14; MDDC Offers Guidance
Enforcement of new privacy rules regualting the release of patient information in
hospitals and other health care facilities is just around the corner.
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- Readership Workshop Brings Important Information to MDDC Newspapers
Editors, publishers and all those interested in improving readership at their newspaper
are urged to suign up for MDDC's March 27 Readership Workshop.
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- St. Mary's Sheriff Wants Case Reheard
St. Mary's County Sheriff Richard Voorhaar, his deputies and other defendants petitioned
the entire 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case which involved the mass
purchase of teh St. Mary's Today election day edition in 1998.
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- Profile of Baltimore Sun Community Newspapers' Jim Quimby
Jim is president of the Baltimore Sun Community Newspapers Group, which includes
newspapers in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford and Howard counties.
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- Newspaper Gird for Heavy Action on State Legislative Fronts
Bills dealing with access to information and public notice advertising are drawing top
attention from MDDC and will be the subjects of a flood of legislative hearings in
Annapolis over the next several weeks as the Maryland General Assembly 2003 session heads
into its last month.
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- Maryland Court Clears Public Information Act Smokescreens
The Court of Special Appeals cleared the smoke away from a number of PIA exemptions
commonly relied on by Maryland government officials as "reasons" to deny access
to public records.
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- Advertising Networks Working for You
MDDC's Advertising Networks are benefiting not just the Press Association, but are also
putting money in the pockets of many member newspapers.
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- The Effect of War on Advertising Sales
Looks like an attack on Iraq is inevitable, and likely to happen in the very near future.
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- People, awards, help wanted
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