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You may not be aware of SPJ’s National Newsroom Training. Joel Campbell, National Freedom of Information chairman for the Society of Professional Journalists, recommends the document-driven newsroom seminar because it was...

Access groups are sounding a warning about a bill that would make broad changes in the Access to Public Records Act. A bill introduced by Rep. Jim Buck (R- Kokomo) would make broad changes to the Indiana Access to Public Records...

An American Bar Association committee is recommending that the Bar endorse a severe limitation on public access to criminal records. The ABA’s House of Delegates is scheduled to take the issue up in early February. The...

Jennifer Wagner, author of a popular Indiana political blog, offers her tips for finding good information and data from state Web sites.   As a political insider who also writes a blog predominantly focused on state...

The Indiana Coalition of Open Government has received a national grant to survey users of the Indiana Public Access Counselor’s office. The PAC office was initially created by executive order of the late Gov. Frank O’Bannon and...