Georgia

April 7, 2009: "E-mail addresses of residents who have signed up for Cobb Police bulletins could soon be protected from prying eyes.

Senate Bill 26, which passed both houses of the Georgia Legislature without opposition, would exempt e-mail distribution lists kept by police and fire departments from Open Records requests. The bill requires Gov. Sonny Perdue's signature to become law." Read the full article here.

Editorial: Good news, bad news on Open Records Act
April 7, 2009: "The good news is that someone in the state legislature has recognized the state Open Records Act has become unwieldy over the years as lawmakers have adopted numerous exemptions to the law, exemptions that limit the amount of information the public can get from the array of state and local governmental and quasi-governmental institutions.

The bad news - or, to be more fair, the potentially bad news - is that the "someone" is House Speaker Glenn Richardson, R-Hiram." Read the full editorial here.

Clarke BOE, counsel need schooling on records
February 24, 2009: Despite the position of the Clarke County Board of Education and its attorney to the contrary, the contract offered to new Clarke County Schools Superintendent Philip Lanoue was a public document even before the new superintendent signed it. The fact the board and its attorney apparently didn't know that is a clear sign they may need a detailed review of the state's Open Records Act, which sets the parameters for public access to government documents.

n the hours before the board voted unanimously Thursday to extend Lanoue a $165,000 per year contract (bumped up to $170,000 when he completes work on his doctorate), board member Denise Mewborn, who headed the district's months-long superintendent search, told this newspaper the contract wouldn't be released until Lanoue signed it. Read the full editorial here.

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