Mississippi Business Journal » Freedom of information http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Editorial: Mississippi needs more openness in government http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/editorial-mississippi-needs-more-openness-in-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editorial-mississippi-needs-more-openness-in-government http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/editorial-mississippi-needs-more-openness-in-government/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:00:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=37244 When it comes to citizen access to meetings and records of local and state elected and appointed bodies, Mississippi’s law says: — “The formation and determination of public policy is public business and shall be conducted at open meetings.” — “Providing access to public records is a duty of each public body and automation of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/editorial-mississippi-needs-more-openness-in-government/feed/ 0 Hood: Closed public meetings ‘corrosive to democracy’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/17/hood-closed-public-meetings-corrosive-to-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hood-closed-public-meetings-corrosive-to-democracy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/09/17/hood-closed-public-meetings-corrosive-to-democracy/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:18:48 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=30458 OXFORD — Mississippi must strengthen penalties against public officials who improperly close public meetings, state Ethics Commission director Tom Hood said yesterday. Under the state Open Meetings law, officials cannot be fined individually. Instead, the public body is fined up to $100 per violation — and that means the public picks up the tab. Hood [...]

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