Putting public records online
From Sunshine Review
March 13, 2009
[edit] Putting public records online
"If, as a taxpayer, you're paying to have death certificates recorded by the state, school buses inspected for safety, government agencies audited for accurate record keeping and proper oversight of highway projects and contracts, should you have to pay - again - to see those records online? Probably not, but in many cases you do.
This year's Sunshine Week public records project kicks off in the Sunday Daily News and in hundreds of newspapers across the country.
For the national piece of this project our reporters checked the state Web site to see if 20 categories of information were available, for free, online. Categories included such things as statewide school test results (yes, for Massachusetts and 48 other states); audits of state commissions and agencies (no for Massachusetts but yes for 45 states); and bridge inspection and safety reports (no for Massachusetts but yes for 24 other states)."
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