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The Indiana Capital Chronicle: Public access counselor bill fails on process and policy
Niki Kelly. 2024-03-08. Indiana Capital Chronicle. Indiana’s public records law opens like this: “A fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government is that government is the servant of the people and not their master....
The Indiana Citizen: LIMITED ROLE: Amendments restricting public access counselor passed as bill advances in Indiana Senate
Marilyn Odendahl. 2024-03-04. The Indiana Citizen. A bill allowing local government officials to remove disruptive individuals from public meetings has been expanded to include new limits on the Indiana public access counselor’s ability to offer guidance about the...
Tribune-Star: Bill amendment would ‘gut’ public access counselor’s ability to issue advisory opinions
Sue Loughlin, March 1st 2024 An amendment made to a bill in the waning days of the Indiana General Assembly session would severely restrict the public access counselor’s role in issuing opinions, and it would eliminate the counselor’s four-year term. The amendment was...
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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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2023 National FOI Summit, Save the Date: October 3rd-5th
Save the date for the 2023 FOI Summit! The National FOI Summit returns this October, bringing together journalists, attorneys, government transparency advocates and others focused on state open records laws. The Summit, to be held online using the Whova...
Better Government Association Statement: Supreme Court FOIA Ruling (Chapman v. Chicago) Limits Transparency; Significantly Broadens Exemptions to FOIA
A unanimous Illinois Supreme Court ruling yesterday in a case called Chapman v. Chicago reverses a lower court’s ruling and blocks plaintiff Matt Chapman’s open records request for information from the City of Chicago’s Department of Finance. The court’s ruling...
National Archives databases made more accessible
From the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information September 7th, 2022 newsletter: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is making its Digital Preservation Framework available as a Linked Open Dataset, a first for the agency.Aimed at sharing NARA’s...