2018 Public Records Policy Audit
Many governments have adopted rigid rules for accessing public records based on a TCOG survey of 306 Tennessee counties, cities and school districts Continue Reading
TCOG founder Frank Gibson named to Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame
Frank Gibson, longtime Tennessee journalist and open records advocate, will be among seven people inducted into the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame tomorrow night. Gibson, while working at The Tennessean Continue Reading
Legislature’s Open Records Ad Hoc Committee to hold first meeting Aug. 14
The Open Records Ad Hoc Committee will hold its first meeting at 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at the Cordell Hull building as part of an effort to review a growing Continue Reading
NewsChannel 5 files suit after denied access to Jason Locke travel reimbursement records
NewsChannel 5 has filed a public records lawsuit after it was denied access to travel reimbursement and phone records related to former acting TBI director Jason Locke’s alleged affair with Continue Reading
Beacon Center CEO Justin Owen on secret tax credits
The Beacon Center’s Justin Owen describes why it’s important that the value of all tax incentives, including tax credits, be disclosed when the government grants them to a private company.
How much is AllianceBernstein getting in incentives? Sorry, that’s redacted
The Nashville Business Journal reported today that government attorneys believe it’s OK to redact information in a document put before a vote of Metro Nashville’s industrial development board. That members Continue Reading