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@IndianaOpenGov

Indiana Coalition for Open Government is a non-profit group that promotes legislative reform and protects the right of access to public records and meetings.

 Indiana
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Joined February 2013
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Column: Indiana's public access counselor opinion shows Bloomington’s city council has a transparency problem bsquarebeacon.com/2020/11/29…
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The "deliberative material" language is arguably the most widely abused provision in Indiana public-records law. Glad to see this decision from access counselor @Lukehbritt
Dave Askins (@chronicallydave) profile pictureDave Askins@chronicallydave29 Nov 2020
Column: Indiana's public access counselor opinion shows Bloomington’s city council has a transparency problem bsquarebeacon.com/2020/11/29…
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Indiana’s public meeting and records access laws are temporarily altered for 2 weeks, part of Gov Holcomb’s steps to slow coronavirus. Here's what it means: bit.ly/3dvm1BD @wfyi @WFYINews

Indiana Public Access Law Provisions Suspended Due To Coronavirus

Indiana's public meeting and records access laws are temporarily altered for two weeks, part of Gov. Eric Holcomb's steps to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

wfyi.org
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Happy #SunshineWeek! It's the week to celebrate open government and the people's right to information. How are you observing it? 🌞
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Hey journalism educators: How are you adapting reporting assignments for online-only education? I don't want to force my @MaybornUNT students to break self-isolation, but the story is ~out there~... Any suggestions?
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Transparency!
Niki Kelly (@nkellyIN) profile pictureNiki Kelly@nkellyIN26 Feb 2020
Interesting testimony on amendment in Senate Health. Sure wish I could see that amendment...
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Proposed cell phone ban in courthouse raises Open Door Law concerns. Read more in the HSPA Hotline column at hspa.com. Have a legal or access question at your newspaper? Contact Steve Key, [email protected].
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UPDATE: The National Archives, as promised, has started posting records-destruction proposals it receives from agencies, giving us time to publicly comment. (It's being more transparent after the uproar over the Interior Dept's proposal I posted.) Let me give you some links....
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Check out last year's Sunshine Week content in The Vault sunshineweek.org/the-sw-vaul… and then send us your content for this year's Sunshine Week!
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A classic example of how citizens and the press can use public records laws to determine how their public agencies are doing and hold them accountable. The result: Better government. bit.ly/2LTtPQr
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Good stuff from @GerryLanosga - Cities must be open about data collection, data itself @IndianaOpenGov #OpenData #BigData
Brechner Freedom of Information Project (@BrechnerFOI) profile pictureBrechner Freedom of Information Project@BrechnerFOI1 Dec 2018
"Before we even start talking about big data collected by smart technologies, we need local officials to embrace a set of best practices for transparency and open data in general." ibj.com/articles/71476-gerry…
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Government Would Gain Power to Shoot Down #Drones in FAA Bill about.bgov.com/blog/governme… via @BGOV @NPPA @ACLU @EFF @michaelarossa
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Read about “Access Denied,” the DU Law study on access to police internal affairs files, here: coloradofoic.org/du-study-li… #FOISummit
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He was appointed by then-Gov @mike_pence who urged him to "raise the profile of the office." Appeals have grown from 1500 to 7500/year. @nfoic #FOIsummit
Zachary Baiel (@baielala) profile pictureZachary Baiel@baielala22 Sep 2018
Luke Britt, Indiana Public Access Counselor. 👏👏👏 #FOIsummit
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“You should not need a lawyer to get public records,” says @nfoic award winner Terry Mutchler, who says every case she handled as PA’s FOI ombudsman was an agency quibbling with the format of the request.
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Next up at the #FOIsummit - How different states approach the appeals process. 28 states have a procedure. @nfoic
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“You should not need a lawyer to get records,” says Terry Mutchler, 2018 inductee into the state #opengov hall of fame. Mutchler, a former journalist, ran the PA office of open records #FOISummit
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Advice to journalists & other open government watchers: Keep FOIA (or, in WA, PRA) requests short and precise. -- Open Government Hall of Fame inductee Terry Mutchler, advocating a consistent policy at @nfoic #FOIsummit
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Municipalities are often more resistant to proactive data release (in standard machine readable, sortable format) than state agencies, says state Rep. Mike Duffy, an advocate (and ex-journo). #FOIsummit @nfoic
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Interesting presentation by Ohio State Rep. Mike Duffy advocating for easy access to public data. Issues of standard formats, timeliness. Turns out he's a former reporter. #FOIsummit @nfoic
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