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Indy Star: Lawmaker said HEPL open door opinion shows overreach of public records official
Brittany Carloni and Kayla Dwyer, Indianapolis Star, 2024-03-01 🚨 This article is about an active amendment on HB 1338, which has grave consequences for how the office of the Public Access Counselor can function. Please contact your legislator in both the House and...
State Affairs: Republican push would strictly limit public access counselor’s review authority
Tom Davies. February 29th, 2024 The scope of what Indiana’s public access counselor could consider in reviewing open government matters would be strictly limited under provisions added to legislation in the closing days of the legislative session. Amendments that a...
Indy Star: AG Todd Rokita’s office requires an NDA. It might threaten free speech
Magdaleno, Johnny. 2023. AG Todd Rokita's office requires an NDA. It might threaten free speech. The Indianapolis Star, July 19th, 2023. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s employees are signing nondisclosure agreements that could cost them $25,000 if they share...
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IGA 2021 Session
The 2021 Indiana General Assembly session starts tomorrow, January 4th. What bills are you watching? Let us know. We'll do the same. You can check the current listing of bills available on the IGA web site: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/ We will be hosting...
COVID-19 Data, References, Resources
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...
132 Organizations Sign NFOIC/Brechner Statement on Government Coronavirus Emergency Transparency and Public Access
ICOG is proud to stand with everyone on this statement. Read the Full Statement Here As state, tribal and local governments across the United States take measures to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic, executive orders and legislative proposals are calling for the...
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Indy Star: Lawmaker said HEPL open door opinion shows overreach of public records official
Brittany Carloni and Kayla Dwyer, Indianapolis Star, 2024-03-01 🚨 This article is about an active amendment on HB 1338, which has grave consequences for how the office of the Public Access Counselor can function. Please contact your legislator in both the House and...
State Affairs: Republican push would strictly limit public access counselor’s review authority
Tom Davies. February 29th, 2024 The scope of what Indiana’s public access counselor could consider in reviewing open government matters would be strictly limited under provisions added to legislation in the closing days of the legislative session. Amendments that a...
Sunshine Week 2024: March 10th – 16th
Good day everyone! We are working on some virtual events for Sunshine Week 2024 (March 10th - 16th). One, in particular, will be to help populate our Indiana Data Tracker website with public datasets from across the Hoosier State. You can subscribe to our Substack,...