From Times-Gazette:
The Tennessee House of Representatives gave final approval March 25 to the Tennessee Press Association-supported bill requiring newspapers that publish public notices to post them on their local website and also to www.tnpublicnotice.com — TPA’s statewide aggregate website.
The bill, which takes effect April 1, 2014, also stipulates those extra services will be at no extra charge.
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From Times-Gazette:
Monday kicked off “Sunshine Week” which is a time to emphasize the importance of transparency within the government in the United States. To stress the importance of an open government, the Senate passed Senate Bill 461 in Thursday Session.
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Opinion from The Nashville City Paper:
For months last year, I kept asking members of the Coalition for Open Government and the Tennessee Press Association if they knew anything about the history of the Tennessee Public Records Act of 1957.
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From The Republic:
The Tennessee Sunshine Quiz is letting Tennesseans test their knowledge of open government issues with an online survey. The quiz measures knowledge of the state's Public Records Act and Public Meetings Act.
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From The Republic:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The state Court of Appeals is again taking up a public records case involving a private prison company and a magazine that advocates for inmate rights.
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We so liked the State FOIA Friday this week, we thought we’d give it this second and special edition.
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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From Times-Gazette:
Bedford County Board of Education plans to meet in a closed attorney-client session 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the school system central offices on Madison Street.
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From Knoxville News Sentinel:
The News Sentinel received the Freedom of Information Award from the Associated Press Managing Editors during the journalism organization’s national convention this week in Nashville.
The award recognizes journalists or newspapers who advance freedom of information, make good use of FOI principles or statutes, or significantly widen the scope of information available to the public.
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From TNReport
Local school board members can attend meetings digitally, so long as there is a physical quorum, under a plan that has passed both chambers of the Legislature.
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