Materials to help local government officials implement a new state law that requires training on Iowa’s open meetings and records laws are on the way from the state board that oversees the laws.
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Under a new law, all government officials in Iowa elected or appointed after July 1 — with a few exceptions — must undergo training on public meetings and open records
The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board and Iowa Public Information Board are in the process of hiring new executive directors.
The Iowa Public Information Board declined to rule last week whether the criminal investigative report into the 2023 downtown Davenport building collapse is a public record.
The Iowa Public Information Board issued the advisory opinion this week after a question was posed by the Benton County Attorney’s Office
The state panel charged with ensuring transparency in government is being sued for allegedly violating Iowa’s Open Meetings Law.
The Iowa Public Information Board and Iowa Freedom of Information Council say a bill that awaits Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature would allow local government officials to meet and discuss policy while avoiding open meetings requirements
A Navy veteran who says he has PTSD is the man responsible for triggering proposed new restrictions on Iowans’ access to government documents.
The Iowa Public Information Board opted against advancing the proposal at its meeting Thursday, but plans to continue researching and discussing the topic.
The Iowa Public Information Board says it is considering to propose a change to state law to accommodate local governments that say they field open records requests that are “abusive and harassing.” Government transparency advocates warn the proposal would “seriously erode” the state’s open records law.
Also, senators intend to amend bill dissolving county compensation boards.
Recurring campaign donations without the donor’s active consent would be illegal, as would any hand-held use of a mobile device while driving. And pointing a laser at an aircraft would become a crime.
The Quad-City Times and three other local news companies has joined the Iowa Freedom of Information Council in a lawsuit against the Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors.
The proposed rule change that would have required government agencies to at least acknowledge a public records request within two business days.
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