HELENA — Montana’s government bodies and agencies must give some details about whose privacy rights they are protecting when justifying closing a meeting that would otherwise be open to the public, the state Supreme Court ruled. Justices in a 5-0 decision Tuesday said that the Wolf Point School District Board of Trustees’ explanation for closing […]
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New email system will archive Montana lawmaker emails for 5 years
The Montana Legislature is replacing its current email system with one that is expected to make it easier to comply with open records requests. The new email has an automatic archive system that will retain legislators’ emails for five years after their terms end to comply with state law, the Missoulian reports . Lee Newspapers […]
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In Montana, Government transparency improves
Montana is one of the most improved states in transparency and online access to government spending information, a study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund showed.
The report, released this week, gave Montana a transparency score of 86 or a B. Montana’s score was 57 or a D in 2013. Montana was ranked as one of the top 10 most improved states in government transparency by the group.
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Montana AG: Public records requests create “chilling effect”
City of Missoula, CSKT officials look at ways to open government relations
From Missoulian:
Dave Strohmaier is confident the city of Missoula and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes share mutual concerns when it comes to economic development. And the Missoula city councilman is pretty sure there are other areas where their interests overlap as well. He just doesn’t know what they are.
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