My favorite part of the ACOG meeting about charging new fees for public...
The Office of Open Records Counsel has posted video of the meeting she held with the Advisory Committee on Open Government Committee meeting from June 29. The topics covered were upcoming public...
View ArticleHearings on public records fees scheduled for September
The Office of Open Records Counsel has set public hearings for Sept. 15-17 in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson to gather input on whether citizens should have to pay local and state government to...
View ArticleTCOG plans comment for public records hearings: New fees would choke off...
The Office of Open Records Counsel is conducting public records hearings in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson in September to ask the question: Should the Tennessee Public Records Act permit the...
View ArticleInquiries went unanswered at Office of Open Records Counsel, audit shows
The Office of Open Records Counsel, which lost its full-time director in 2014, had a mounting backlog of 603 inquiries dating back 18 months in September, according to an audit by the state comptroller...
View ArticleSo what ever happened to the fees to inspect bill?
Last year at this time, open government advocates in the state had successfully convinced lawmakers to delay action on an ill-conceived proposal to allow government to charge fees to inspect public...
View ArticleOpen Records Counsel begins work on model public records policy
Open Records Counsel Ann Butterworth told members of the Advisory Committee on Open Government last week that she hopes to have a final version of a new model public records policy finished by Dec. 15...
View ArticleGovernment lawyer to join Open Records Counsel as new deputy
Lee Pope, an attorney with six years experience working in Tennessee state government, has been hired as Deputy Open Records Counsel, a newly created position in the Office of Open Records Counsel. Lee...
View ArticleRead TCOG’s comments on proposed model public records policy
TCOG Letter on Model Public Records Policy 12-7-16 Tennessee Coalition for Open Government provided written feedback Wednesday on the Office of Open Records Counsel's proposed "Best Practices &...
View ArticleOpen Records Counsel plans 2nd draft of model public records policy for ACOG
Open Records Counsel Ann Butterworth told members of the Advisory Committee on Open Government at a Friday meeting that her office will develop a second draft of a model public records policy and best...
View ArticleLee Pope promoted to Open Records Counsel, replaces Ann Butterworth
Lee Pope, the state's new Open Records Counsel. Lee Pope, who joined the Office of Open Records Counsel last year as Deputy Open Records Counsel, has been promoted to Open Records Counsel, replacing...
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