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Effective Open Government in the Electronic Age Click here to start Table of Contents Effective Open Government in the Electronic Age The Purposes of Open Records Acts Electronic Records - Benefits Electronic Records - Challenges Coverage of Electronic Records Settled Law: Most common language: Exceptions: Narrow Limiting the exception: Access to information in electronic form Format for Delivery Different approaches to electronic production Compare: At what cost, transparency? Reasons for the expense of access. Abusive cost estimates Abusive cost estimates, continued Many statutes give wide discretion over cost demands Statutes with limited cost provisions Public Purpose Fee Waivers $1,072,200 Creation of a ‘new’ record? Does this reflect actual difficulty to the agency to produce the record? PPT Slide PPT Slide Two failures Access to personal e-mail of public officials. Exception Open Meetings Laws Could officials be prohibited from electronic communications under open meetings laws? Can meetings be validly held electronically? Open Records Laws and Privacy Is the privacy a casualty of public records laws? Recommendations Records covered and formats for production Cost Modifications, custom searches, and programming Facilitating Future Access Security of sensitive information Thank you! Author: Adam White Scoville NCSL Contact: pam.greenberg@ncsl.org NCSL Home Page: http://www.ncsl.org/ Other information: The Electronic Trail: Perils of Policymakers and Private Citizens 2002 NCSL Annual Meeting Friday, July 26, 2002

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