Tennessee Coalition for Open Government Archives - Page 14 of 21

17 Mar, 2017

House committee passes bill allowing requests by email with some limits for “bad players”

By Deborah Fisher|2017-03-17T18:27:44-05:00March 17, 2017|Categories: Legislature, requests, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: requests by email, State Rep. Courtney Rogers, State Rep. Darren Jernigan|0 Comments

The House State Government committee unanimously passed H.B. 58 this week, which would make clear that citizens may send records requests by email to records custodians. The email bill also contains a section meant to deal with multiple requests to view records from someone who never comes to review them, and requests for copies for which a person never pays for or retrieves. Chairman of the State Government Committee, state Rep. Bob Ramsey, R-Maryville, noted that the legislation went through several revisions, with changes from the Office of Open Records Counsel, from the bill's sponsor and from a member of the committee, state Rep. Darren Jernigan, D-Nashville. "What we have with [...]

20 Feb, 2017

HB 58 – Public records requests by email

By Deborah Fisher|2017-02-20T14:28:11-06:00February 20, 2017|Categories: TCOG letters|Tags: legislature, public records requests|0 Comments

TCOG letter, 2-20-17: HB 58 - Public records requests by email

20 Dec, 2016

Nashville police chief publicly blasts DA spokesman who released name of alleged rape victim

By Deborah Fisher|2016-12-20T13:47:03-06:00December 20, 2016|Categories: crime records, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: Ken Whitehouse, sexual assault records, Steve Anderson, WSMV-TV|1 Comment

The Nashville Police Chief publicly blasted a spokesman in the District Attorney's office for releasing a police incident report to a TV station that contained the name of a housekeeping employee who reported she was raped in a Bridgestone Arena bathroom. The woman later gave an on-camera interview to WSMV-TV Channel 4, saying she wanted to tell her story and was upset after learning that the co-worker who she said attacked her was a registered sex offender. "They should screen sex offenders, murderers, anybody (before employing them)," she told the TV station. Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson Police Chief Steve Anderson said that releasing the name of the alleged rape victim [...]

15 Dec, 2016

TCOG comments for body camera study

By Deborah Fisher|2017-04-24T09:42:36-05:00December 15, 2016|Categories: TCOG letters|Tags: ACOG, police body cameras|0 Comments

The Advisory Committee on Open Government, a 14-member committee representing citizens and government, was asked to provide comments on body camera footage to aid lawmakers. Here is a link to TCOG's Dec. 15, 2016, letter for the body camera study. Body Camera ACOG Study - TCOG's response

14 Dec, 2016

TCOG’s comments to proposed changes, additions to Office of Open Records Counsel forms, guidelines

By Deborah Fisher|2021-02-02T12:21:22-06:00December 14, 2016|Categories: Office of Open Records Counsel, requests, TCOG letters, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government|Tags: Advisory Committee on Open Government, advisory opinions, Office of Open Records Counsel, open data, programming fees, public records requests, TCOG news|0 Comments

TCOG Letter on Proposed OORC forms 12-14-16. The Office of Open Records Counsel, in addition to creating a model public records policy, is proposing changes to the Schedule of Reasonable Charges, model forms and advisory opinions guidelines. In total, nine documents, including three new forms and two new guidelines, are under revision or are new. These documents are important because they provide guidance on what is allowed by law in the public records request process. The main changes proposed have to do with clarifying the public records request/response process. The office is also proposing that it have new discretion on whether or not to issue Advisory Opinions, which must be posted [...]