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Tennessee Coalition for Open Government

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  • Revised bill aims to stop harassment from public records requesters
  • Knox County sheriff to appeal judge’s decision in public records case
  • Citizen wins $78K in attorney’s fees, expenses in public records suit against Knox County sheriff
  • TN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires

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Tag Archives: ECD

ECD posts online database of FastTrack grants, but leaves out job creation

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Deborah Fisher

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has posted online a searchable database of FastTrack grants since 2011, but has left out key information it gathers on job creation. Mike Reicher, Continue Reading

Posted in economic development, open data | Tagged ECD, economic development, tax credits | Leave a reply

72% of Tennesseans think the state is not transparent with economic incentives to corporations

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Deborah Fisher

Just how transparent is the state of Tennessee with its economic development programs? In the eyes of Tennesseans, not very. A new poll by icitizen and The Beacon Center of Continue Reading

Posted in economic development | Tagged Beacon Center, ECD, economic development, tax credits | 2 Replies

Exemptions generous when it comes to economic development records

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Deborah Fisher

A few months ago, we reported here in a post about public records that the governor’s office had denied state Rep. Mike Turner, D-Nashville, access to economic development records, citing two Continue Reading

Posted in economic development | Tagged ECD, economic development records, newschannel5, Open Records Act exemptions | Leave a reply

Tennessee Tower story exposes deal secret under records law

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Deborah Fisher

Phil Williams, chief investigative reporter for NewsChannel 5, uncovered confidential state documents that outline an economic development proposal to give Tennessee Tower to the Sears Corporation if it moved its Continue Reading

Posted in economic development, exemptions | Tagged ECD, economic development records, NewsChannel 5, Open Records Act exemptions | Leave a reply

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Recent TCOG blog posts

  • Revised bill aims to stop harassment from public records requesters January 15, 2021
  • Knox County sheriff to appeal judge’s decision in public records case January 6, 2021
  • Citizen wins $78K in attorney’s fees, expenses in public records suit against Knox County sheriff December 2, 2020
  • TN Democratic Party’s public records suit over absentee ballots misfires November 2, 2020
  • WUOT reporter obtains White House COVID-19 report October 19, 2020

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