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Sunday, March 13, 2005
Ind. Gov't. - Thoughts about making public records on the state website more accessible
Simply posting an item on an agency's website may not always do the trick. Here are two recent examples:
- In the story this weekend about the contract between the Attorney General's office and one of his former employees was this statement: "Carter said his office publicized the contract and sought other bids -- the advertisement was placed online for a month, and the proposals were due Dec. 24." But how many people know to check the Attorney General's website for RFPs? Shouldn't there be one location on the State of Indiana's website to check for all these requests?
- When Smylie v. State was issued last Tuesday, the word on the street was that it was out, but no one could find it online. The reason? Rather than posting it in the regular place that people check every day for new opinions, it was posted on the front page of the state judiciary's site. Here the problem seems to have been that of unfamiliarity with how the public actually interacts with the court site.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 13, 2005 10:48 AM
Posted to Indiana Government