Executive Branch
May 17, 2010 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Executive Branch
In the 2008 and 2009 legislative sessions, the list of records relating to the work of the governor that could be kept off-limits to the public was expanded. This session, proposals are being considered that would reverse some of those changes and create a more open and transparent governor’s office. Both the House and Senate […]
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January 10, 2010 | by MCloutet | Ethics, Executive Branch, Local Government, Open Meetings & Public Records, State Government
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June 17, 2009 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Executive Branch
Two bills introduced this session, which would have opened most of the governor’s records to the public, are all but dead due to strong opposition from the administration. Instead, the administration supports SB 278, which purports to move Louisiana forward in executive branch transparency but would actually deliver a devastating blow to open government. SB […]
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May 5, 2009 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Executive Branch
Louisiana law generally provides that documents of public bodies shall be open to the public. However, hundreds of exceptions to the general rule have been created both in statute and case law. This session, the Legislature is again considering redefining the public records exception for the office of the governor. One bill (SB 278) being […]
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April 21, 2009 | by MCloutet | Budget & Fiscal Reforms, Executive Branch
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September 16, 2008 | by MCloutet | Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, Executive Branch, Mineral Revenues, Term Limits
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June 21, 2008 | by MCloutet | Budget & Fiscal Reforms, Constitution, Constitutional Amendments, Education, Higher, Education, K-12, Education, Vo-Tech, Ethics, Executive Branch, Health Care Policy, Judiciary
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May 12, 2008 | by MCloutet | Commentaries, Economic Development, Executive Branch
It is time to end the broad exception from public records laws that Louisiana grants to the governor’s office. A limited exception that would shield from public view only the records directly in the custody of the governor, his chief of staff and his executive counsel should replace the current exception that covers records in […]
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February 27, 2008 | by MCloutet | Campaign Finance, Commentaries, Ethics, Executive Branch
The special legislative session that adjourned on Tuesday yielded an impressive set of reforms to the state’s ethics, campaign finance and other laws. Several long-resisted changes were enacted to disclose public officials’ personal financial dealings, forbid state officials from personally profiting through state contracts, eliminate many of the freebies officials have traditionally enjoyed, require more […]
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September 11, 2007 | by MCloutet | Economic Development, Executive Branch, Legislature, Local Government, New Orleans, Open Meetings & Public Records, Recovery, Spending, Government, State Government, Surplus & Nonrecurring Funds
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