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"I recently attended a public meeting about the news landscape in Indianapolis, and a member of the audience pointed out how often regular citizens use public records and open door laws." Here's to the regular people taking up the fight! indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/20/che… #opengov

And this free event is tomorrow, March 20th: Friday , March 20, 2026 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET Take Action: How to Write a Public Comment on Federal Data dataindex.us/events/Take-Ac… #opengov #civics

This is an interesting project: How to Use POGO’s Census Funding Data, A guide to using and interpreting POGO’s Census Matters federal funding data. pogo.org/analyses/how-t… #data #opengov

Invisible Institute has released a new version of the National Police Index. The NPI is a data tool to help communities, journalists, researchers and attorneys track police officer employment/police officers in their state. national.cpdp.co/states/indiana… #opengov #sunshineweek

What a fun event for Sunshine Week: D.C. Open Government Coalition Sunshine Week Summit, Whose Information Is It Anyway? Every State should do their own version of Wait, Wait Don’t FOIA Me, with unsettling FOIA officer responses! luma.com/7mczqpqr?tk=Ey… #opengov #sunshineweek

An Indiana public records fight went to court. The journalists (and the public) won! "Niki Kelly wanted to know how much money Indiana spends to buy the drugs they use to execute prisoners." indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/03/11/an-… #opengov #transparency #indiana #apra

What info will the government want access to? --- Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses In an internal memo last year, Meta said the political tumult in the United States would distract critics from the feature’s release. nytimes.com/2026/02/13/tec…

Read the full article from Columbia Journalism Review: cjr.org/tow_center/too…

This was happening back in 2024, too. How do you fend off these types of requests? Some might say with more automated systems. --- Heritage Foundation Staffers Flood Federal Agencies With Thousands of Information Requests propublica.org/article/have-g… #opengov

We're entering a new era, it seems, everywhere. --- How ‘Pink Slime’ Publishers Are Weaponizing FOIA Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private... cjr.org/tow_center/pin… #opengov

The presenter expressed little concern that the regulatory documents produced by AI could contain so-called hallucinations — erroneous text that is frequently generated by large language models such as Gemini — according to three people present.

The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. "We want good enough."

What could go wrong with a legal and bureaucratic system infested with AI slop? "Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence" propublica.org/article/trump-… #opengov #federalgovernment #ai

Wouldn't it be great if every public agency was proactive with posting their lobbying contracts? "Fresno City Council unanimously adopted a plan to post lobbying contracts on the city’s website on Thursday in an effort to increase transparency." fresnobee.com/news/local/art… #opengov

And data scraping on sites would not be necessary if public agencies posted machine-readable formats like CSV, JSON, SQL, etc. Wouldn't that be a wonderful amendment to this bill? Instead of trying to patchwork a defense, solve the real problem and proactively publish data.

HB1360 is a bill searching for a problem. One major flaw is the definition of data scraping. By its very nature, if you can scrape the data, you don't need to make a public records request. It's already available on the web. Your thoughts? iga.in.gov/legislative/20… #opengov

@kyopengov Agreed. One must ask what is necessary, no matter how big it may be, right? May you and yours be well.

@IndianaOpenGov That's a pretty big ask😢

This year, all we want for the holidays is an open, transparent, and accountable government. What would you like? We hope that you and yours are having a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Cheers! #opengov

"A new public portal makes it easier than ever before to request marriage licenses, divorce decrees, and other court records from the Marion County Clerk’s Office." mirrorindy.org/marion-county-… From @mirrorindy

A new paper, "Does the Name “Naruto” Ring a Bell? The Doubtful Copyright Status of Home Security Camera Videos" by Frank D. LoMonte & Wesley Reed discusses the copyright exemption from security footage. mississippilawjournal.org/journal-conten… #opengov #copyright #publicrecords