March 19, 2007
Legislature 2007: AG McCollum takes the sunshine online
Following up on our earlier post on access to information comes the news of a new project from Florida’s Attorney General.
AG Bill McCollum announced last week the creation of the Government Accountability Project. The project is designed to spur state and local government entities to make more documents available online. As the AG’s message notes:
Florida is among the nation’s leaders in providing for public access to government meetings and records. But, simply allowing access to records is, in my opinion, no longer enough in light of the technological advances that make it infinitely easier, cheaper and more efficient to provide information to people far and wide.
The St. Petersburg Times has an editorial today praising the action.
He aims to move disclosure from paper to computer. Let the government sun shine online.
The project will partner with UF’s Brechner Center for Freedom of Information. The AG’s Web site also has a page with information about Florida’s sunshine laws.
