TCOG elects Chattanooga citizen Helen Burns Sharp to its Board of Directors
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government recently elected to its Board of Directors Helen Burns Sharp, a public interest advocate in Chattanooga who has advanced awareness of the Tennessee Open...
View ArticleTCOG files motion to intervene in Greene County open meetings case
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government has filed a motion to intervene in an open meetings lawsuit in Greene County. One of the claims in the case is that the Continue Reading Tennessee Coalition...
View ArticleTCOG elects WPLN news director Anita Bugg to its Board of Directors
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government recently elected Anita Bugg to its Board of Directors. Bugg is news director of Nashville’s public radio station WPLN where she has worked since 1995 in...
View ArticleTennessee Press Association convention to feature open government issues
From Associated Press: The Associated Press and the Tennessee Press Association will hold their annual Newsmakers Session Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Doubletree Nashville, 315 Fourth Ave. North, downtown...
View ArticleNFOIC and SPJ combine war chests to fight for Freedom of Information
Joint press release from SPJ-NFOIC. (TCOG is a member of NFOIC): INDIANAPOLIS/Jefferson City – The Society of Professional Journalists and the National Freedom of Information Coalition are joining...
View ArticleTCOG receives Intellectual Freedom Award from Tennessee librarians
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government has been awarded the Intellectual Freedom Award from the Tennessee Library Association. The award recognizes the contribution of an individual or group who...
View ArticleLawmakers tweak public records law, but avoid new fees for now
Sponsors delayed action on legislation that could have made accessing public records more expensive for citizens and news media, but lawmakers in the 109th General Assembly moved ahead on other changes...
View ArticleHearings on public records fees scheduled for September
The Office of Open Records Counsel has set public hearings for Sept. 15-17 in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson to gather input on whether citizens should have to pay local and Continue Reading...
View ArticleWhat you can do when you think the Open Meetings Act was violated
Because TCOG gets so many questions and complaints from citizens who wonder what they can do when their officials in a local government violate the state’s Open Meetings Act, we’ve set Continue Reading...
View ArticleTCOG plans comment for public records hearings: New fees would choke off...
The Office of Open Records Counsel is conducting public records hearings in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson in September to ask the question: Should the Tennessee Public Records Act permit the...
View ArticleTCOG adds 5 new members to its Board of Directors
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit organization that promotes government transparency, has named five new members to its Board of Directors. They are: Victor Ashe, former...
View ArticleTCOG Board elects Memphis attorney Lucian Pera as new president, names...
Memphis attorney Lucian Pera has been named as the new President of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to improve citizen access to public...
View ArticleTCOG files amicus brief in Sumner County case over emailed public records...
The Tennessee Coalition for Open Government has filed an amicus curiae brief with the Court of Appeals in Nashville in a case in which the Sumner County Board of Education argues Continue Reading...
View ArticleNashville chosen for 2017 NFOIC Summit
The National Freedom of Information Coalition, an alliance of state open government groups and freedom of information supporters, has selected Nashville for it 2017 summit. The two-day annual NFOIC...
View ArticleTCOG encourages citizens to comment on draft model public records policy
The Office of Open Records Counsel is giving the public a chance to review and comment on a draft of a statewide model public records policy. A new law requires Continue Reading Tennessee Coalition for...
View ArticleRead TCOG’s comments on proposed model public records policy
Tennessee Coalition for Open Government provided written feedback Wednesday on the Office of Open Records Counsel’s proposed “Best Practices & Guidelines and Model Public Records Policy.” This...
View ArticleRead TCOG’s comments to proposed changes, additions to Office of Open Records...
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....
View ArticleNew laws passed in 2017 affect access to public records
TCOG Legislative Report 2017 Following is a summary of new laws affecting access to government information. They include 7 new exceptions to the Tennessee Public Records Act, 2 existing exemptions...
View ArticleAppellate court upholds ruling: Sumner County Schools violated public records...
The Court of Appeals has affirmed a Sumner County trial court’s ruling that the denial of a public records request because it was sent by email violated the Tennessee Public Continue Reading Tennessee...
View ArticleTCOG, KNS file motion to intervene to keep records open in state’s lawsuit...
NEWS from Tennessee Coalition for Open Government: We have filed, along with Jack McElroy, editor of the Knoxville News Sentinel, a motion to intervene in the state’s opioid lawsuit against Continue...
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