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16 Aug, 2018

State agencies in full swing establishing public records rules

By |2020-11-19T12:34:36-06:00August 16, 2018|Categories: fees, requests|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

If you are journalist or citizen who makes public records requests to state agencies, now is the time to pay attention to the public records rules being developed regarding that access. I've listed the agency email addresses and deadlines to submit below. Two state agencies have already held hearings and (and finished soliciting written comments) for their proposed rules: the Department of Transportation and the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Coming up are: Aug. 30, Bureau of Workers' Compensation in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development Sept. 18, Tenncare Sept. 24, Department of Revenue Sept. 24, Department of Safety and Homeland Security Sept. 28, Tennessee Housing [...]

6 Aug, 2018

Three state agencies file hearing notice for public records rules; one bans photos

By |2018-08-06T12:27:43-05:00August 6, 2018|Categories: Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Three Tennessee state agencies have upcoming public hearings on proposed public records rules. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15 at 500 Deaderick Street, Ground Floor Room G.227. Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 at the Tennessee Room, 220 French Landing Drive, 1-A. Division of Tenncare, Department of Finance and Administration, 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 310 Great Circle Road, Conference Room 1 East A. In advance of public hearings, three state agencies have published their proposed rules on accessing public records. (Illustration by CC BY-SA 3.0 by Nick Youngson) Each of the agencies is proposing rules that [...]

13 Jan, 2015

The Tennessean gives state Tuesday deadline to fulfill July public records request

By |2015-01-13T12:58:59-06:00January 13, 2015|Categories: requests|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The Tennessean gave the state a Tuesday deadline to fulfill a public records request it originally made in July last year as it considers asking a court to intervene, the newspaper reported today. The news organization had requested from TennCare emails and documents related to the state's massive Medicaid debacle in which it could not properly process applications despite buying a $35.7 million new computer system. (The backlog led to a federal lawsuit, and the agency yesterday said it was firing its vendor Northrop Grumman, and hiring another one.) After narrowing the request in September, the newspaper got an estimate of $4,139.56 for costs to compile and copy the records, which [...]

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