FOI in New York

**jo ellen meyers sharp h*@sbcglobal.net**

FYI

From
SPJ PressNotes for Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006

*_Open government_*
*Records requests must be accepted through e-mail
*All state and local government agencies with Internet capabilities 
in New York are now required to accept public records requests and 
transmit responsive documents by e-mail, due to a change in the 
state's Freedom of Information Law that became effective Tuesday.

It is a move that puts New York, already widely recognized for its 
advances in government information access, at the forefront as the 
only state requiring all of its public agencies to use electronic 
mail for the delivery of records when requested.

"If New York is serious about treating electronic records requests in 
the same way as paper requests, it represents a long-overdue 
recognition of the way people live their lives these days," said 
Charles Davis, executive director of the National Freedom of 
Information Coalition at the University of Missouri. "Technology 
should further access, not frustrate it, and so perhaps this will 
serve as a stepping stone for other states."

Source: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press 
<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2006/1025-foi-record.html>
-- 
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp
Garden writer, author, photographer
Region III Director Garden Writers Association
Phone: (317) 251.3261
Fax: (317) 251.8545
E-mail: hoosiergardener@sbcglobal.net

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