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Friday, June 16, 2006

Ind. Gov. - Public or private records? Wayne County’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC)

E. Thomas Kemp of Kemplog has just posted an interesting entry about a dispute in Wayne County about whether the records of its economic development commission are public or private. The state Public Access Counselor says they are public. The County says she is wrong. Here is the Richmond Pal-Item story. And here is a quote:

But Indiana Public Access Counselor Karen Davis said the EDC is a public agency since it has been required to file an annual audit by the State Board of Accounts.

"If the state board of accounts has made that determination then they are subject to the open door law and open records law," she said.

The board of accounts in a letter dated March 8, said that based on "information presented, your organization is subject to a complete organization-wide audit performed in accordance with guidelines issued by our department."

The informal opinion has not yet been posted, but should be availble here within a few days.

Deja vu? A similar issue arose in Gary last year - see this ILB entry. The informal opinion from 3/31/05 is available here.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 16, 2006 09:47 AM
Posted to Indiana Government