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Indiana is among 38 states judged in a new report to be failing in responsiveness to requests for access to public records. Thirty-eight states, including Indiana, get failing grades in responding to requests for access to...

The Lake Station Council up in Northwest Indiana wants to prohibit the public from recording its meetings. Councilman Todd Rogers asked for the ban, complaining about a person videotaping council meetings for two years who...

It’s a voice we often disregard and pass by. But how exactly do people feel who are on the opposite end of a records request? Here’s an interesting post in Fort Wayne from a school employee who is also a blogger. ICOG believes...

ICOG board member Dan Byron is used to fighting attempts to restrict openness in Indiana, and now he has the chance to do the same in west Africa. Byron recently was selected by the International Senior Lawyers Project and The...

The latest Secrecy Report Card is out, and it’s not straight As. According to the report by OpenTheGovernment.org (with which ICOG is affiliated), government secrecy saw further expansion last year despite growing public...