Digital access less than ideal in Indiana
By Craig Lyons, Samim Arif and DeJuan Foster Want to contact the county sheriff’s office and find out what’s happening in your community? Are you curious if your local health Continue Reading…
Category Archives: Indiana public access laws
Of search warrants and cell phone cameras
By DeJuan Foster and Samim Arif Have you ever used your cell phone to take a picture of a public record? Indiana’s Access to Public Records Act provides an option Continue Reading…
Hiding behind HIPAA
By Craig Lyons Residents in St. Joseph County can dine safely knowing that no one reported a single case of food-borne illness to the county the first four months of Continue Reading…
Public officials’ emails are public records
One of the key battlegrounds for public access to electronic records, in Indiana and around the country, involves email accounts of public officials. Journalists have found major revelations in officials’ Continue Reading…
About the Indiana Access to Public Records Act
What can a person do when a public agency is suspected of violating Indiana’s laws on public records? First, it’s important to know what the law allows. Generally, Indiana’s Access Continue Reading…
Video: ICOG, SPJ panel on digital transparency
Indiana Coalition for Open Government and the Indiana Professional Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists marked Sunshine Week 2015 with a symposium to discuss the state of open government data Continue Reading…
Please join us: ICOG, SPJ host Sunshine Week panel on open data
The Indiana Coalition for Open Government is pleased to join with the Indiana Professional Chapter of Society of Professional Journalists to host a symposium devoted to the issues surrounding open Continue Reading…
ICOG joins death certificate lawsuit; Supreme Court hears arguments in May
The state Supreme Court will hear arguments in Evansville Courier & Press vs. Vanderburgh County Health Department, a lawsuit over public access to death certificates in Indiana. ICOG joined the Continue Reading…
A busy year for access bills at the Indiana General Assembly
The 2013 legislative session included a host of measures related to public access, including the controversial “ag-gag” legislation that ultimately failed to pass. Steve Key, executive director and general counsel Continue Reading…