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Indiana Public Access Counselor, Jennifer Ruby, Publishes First Two Opinions

You can read the first two (and more in the future) 2025 Advisory Opinions from Indiana's new Public Access Counselor, Jennifer Ruby: 25-FC-00B: Alleged Violation of the Access to Public Records Act by the New Carlisle Town Council 25-FC-003: Alleged Violation of the Open Door Law by the Green...

Who you gonna call? 260-ASK-ICOG!

We are excited to launch our public access (ODL, APRA, and civics phone help line), 260-ASK-ICOG. Staffed by ICOG volunteers, we'll do our best to assist you with your questions related to open government in the Hoosier state. Currently being explored as a pilot project, we will re-evaluate the...

The Indiana Capital Chronicle: Indiana public access office goes quiet amid turnover

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz. 2025-05-30. Indiana Capital Chronicle. Tippecanoe County resident Pamela Frazee just wants to know if her messages went through. Phone calls to Indiana’s Office of the Public Access Counselor (PAC) route directly to a voicemail box and aren’t returned. Emails — including...

Indiana Debate Commission: Governor candidates to participate in televised debate on October 24, 2024

Archived Debate The Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian candidates for Indiana governor have agreed to meet Oct. 24 in a televised debate organized by the Indiana Debate Commission. The debate among Mike Braun (R), Jennifer McCormick (D), and Donald Rainwater (L) will be broadcast live at 7-8...

WRTV Indianapolis: School board member aims to boost transparency after filing her own complaint

Kenney, Kara. 2023. School board member aims to boost transparency after filing her own complaint. WRTV. June 16, 2023. A West Lafayette mother and school board member is aiming to improve transparency and the public’s access to information. Click on the image to play the video.

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WLFI (West Lafayette, IN): Purdue students: “We are crying out for help but our plea is falling on deaf ears.”

Nov 22, 2020

From West Lafayette, IN, WLFI: More than a dozen Purdue students are accusing university officials of ignoring their cries for help and guidance during a difficult school year. Posted: Nov 20, 2020 11:25 AM Updated: Nov 20, 2020 6:47 PM Posted By: Marvin Bills Lee...

PAC 20-FC-002: Battle Ground Conservancy district

Nov 22, 2020

Lesson: Do your homework and utilize retention policies if missing data is provided as the excuse. In this opinion, Indiana's Public Access Counselor Luke Britt, provides the following opinion: the Battle Ground Conservancy District should release the lead and copper...

COVID-19 Data, References, Resources

Apr 8, 2020

With all of the questions surrounding the current pandemic, Public Data is critical in helping shed light on the observations of the world. The Indiana Coalition for Open Government is asking the community to help share what their local governments are doing or not...

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Cincinnati Enquirer: Investigation – How campaign cash flowed to Cranley from Liberty and Elm project team

Mar 24, 2021

Horn, Dan, and Sharon Coolidge. 2021. Project opens window on role of campaign contributions: Mayor got most donations on liberty & elm development. Cincinnati Enquirer, Mar 24, 2021. (accessed March 24, 2021). While working on the Freeport Row project in...

Supporting: Letter to Biden White House on open government

Feb 17, 2021

What other questions would you like to see answered by the Biden administration and their positions regarding open government? Thanks to work of Governing.Digital, we have an initial set of 25 questions included in a Letter to the White House. The core questions from...

IGA 2021 Session: House Bill 1365

Feb 12, 2021

HB 1365: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1365 An incredibly large bill (115 pages), with various reforms to election law in Indiana. One change we saw of concern is making any Anomaly Report confidential except at the discretion of the Secretary of...