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Private contractors working for government agencies are subject to Georgia’s Open Records Act, the state Supreme Court ruled this week. The high court’s unanimous decision overturned a lower ...
All fifty U.S. states and the District of Columbia also have freedom of information laws that govern the public's access to government records at state and local levels. [9] These laws go by many different names including Sunshine Laws, Public Records Laws, Open Records Laws, etc. Additionally, Open Meeting Laws govern the public's access to ...
Open Public Records Act. The New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (P.L. 2001, c. 404), commonly abbreviated OPRA, is a statute that provides a right to the public to access certain public records in the State of New Jersey, as well as the process by which that right may be exercised.
The Piedmont Park Conservancy is a private non-profit that oversees and manages Piedmont Park.In 2007, when the organization moved forward with a plan to install a controversial parking structure, a group opposed to the plan—Friends of Piedmont Park—filed an open record request under Georgia Georgia's open records legislationn [1] for records of the Conservancy.
The purpose of the week is to highlight the idea that "government functions best when it operates in the open." [8] In many states, state legislatures are often exempt from public-records laws that apply to state executive officials and local officials. In 2016, the Associated Press made a request for the emails and daily schedules of state ...
Amye Bensenhaver, a former deputy attorney general specializing in the Kentucky Open Records Act and current co-director of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition, celebrated the news.
The DeKalb County Courthouse is located in the county seat of DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S., the city of Sycamore. The Classical Revival structure sits on a square facing Illinois Route 64 as it passes through the city. The current courthouse was constructed in 1905 amid controversy over where the courthouse and thus, ultimately, the county ...
The Tennessee Open Records Act (TORA) is a freedom of information law enacted in Tennessee in 1957. The law that states that any citizen of Tennessee may request public records there. Provisions and applicability [ edit ]