Open records office is off to a solid start
From Sunshine Review
February 17, 2009
[edit] Open records office is off to a solid start
"After a year in operation, the Office of Open Records Counsel — commonly known as the Ombudsman's Office — appears to be doing exactly what it was designed to do. It also appears that plenty of people are taking advantage of it. That's good news. The more people take advantage of it, the more transparency there will be in state government. And the more transparency we have in state government, the better.
The office's director, Ann Butterworth, and open records specialist Elisha Hodge gave a progress report to the Senate State and Local Government Committee on Tuesday. They told lawmakers that in its first year of operation, they had received about 600 calls. Questions ranged from what's considered adequate public notice for a meeting to how to deal with someone making a records request."
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