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Tag Archives: deliberative process privilege

Does Tennessee have too many exemptions to its public records law?

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Deborah Fisher

This week, the Tennessee Comptroller’s office released a list of 538 exemptions to the public records law passed by lawmakers. Most of those — almost 450 — were added in Continue Reading

Posted in exemptions, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, Tennessee Legislature | Tagged crime records, deliberative process privilege, exemptions, law enforcement privilege | 1 Reply

Deliberative process privilege danger to open government

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Deborah Fisher

From the Knoxville News-Sentinel:  A recent Tennessee appeals court ruling explicitly established for the first time an exemption to the state’s Public Records Act for documents used by “high officials” Continue Reading

Posted in deliberative process privilege | Tagged deliberative process privilege, Knoxville News Sentinel, Open Records Act exemptions, Richard Dinkins | Leave a reply
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