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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...
The Indiana Citizen: OPINIONATED DELAY: Staffing change in public access counselor’s office creates backlog of open record decisions
Odendahl. Marilyn. 2023. OPINIONATED DELAY: Staffing change in public access counselor’s office creates backlog of open record decisions. The Indiana Citizen, July 10, 2023. In recent years, the Indiana public access counselor had kept a steady pace of posting...
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ICOG’s Opposition to HB1523, Gov. Holcomb Must Veto
TL;DR: As a supporter of open government in the State of Indiana, we strongly encourage you to sign our petition urging Governor Eric Holcomb to veto HB1523. HB1523 has passed through both the House and the Senate. The Indiana General Assembly has taken steps to make...
Opening Indiana’s Government: 2016 Governor’s Candidate Survey
In keeping with a tradition started in 2004, the Indiana Coalition for Open Government asked the three gubernatorial candidates this year to share their visions of government transparency via a brief survey about public access issues. The candidates, Libertarian Rex...
Problems and opportunities: Electronic access in Indiana
As part of an observance of the Indiana Coalition for Open Government's 20th year of advocating for public access, ICOG joined with its administrative partner, The Media School at Indiana University, to put together this report on the status of digital access at 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,...