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Governor is Asked to Veto Bill That Would Diminish Transparency in Government.
Posted 03/7/11 - The ACLU of Utah sent a letter to Gov. Herbert asking that he veto H.B. 477, " Government Records Amendment," that passed through the legislature rapidly late last week. The bill would raise serious roadblocks to the public's access to governmental records by raising costs and creating exemptions for many forms of electronic records. TAKE ACTION: Please email or call the Governors office demanding a veto of this bill >>

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Press Releases

Judge upholds open government and allows videotaping of Utah state committee meetings (2/22/03)

ACLU of Utah Challenges Committee’s Decision to Ban Videotaping of its Public Meetings (9/3/02)

ACLU Sues Alcohol Board Over Secret Meetings (10/18/01)

ACLU of Utah Sues the Olympic Public Safety Command for Withholding Public Information (2/12/01)

Litigation
Rick Curtis v. Utah State Child Support Guidelines Advisory Committee (2002)

Kearns Tribune Corporation v. Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (2001)

ACLU of Utah v. Utah Olympic Public Safety Command (2001)

Humane Society of Utah v. Utah Wildlife Board (2000)

Craig Axford v. Salt Lake City Corporation (2000)

Jolley v. Utah State Senate (1997)

Legal Advocacy and Policy Work
ACLU of Utah sends the Government Records Access and Management Task Force comments regarding open government and personal privacy (9/8/05)

Letter commenting on the recommendations of the Committee on Privacy and Public Court Records (1/31/05)

Letter to the Lehi Police Department regarding its record release policy (7/21/04)

Letter to Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control regarding GRAMA request (2/3/03)

The ACLU of Utah challenges fees for speaking at Virgin town council meetings
(11/6/02)

From Our Legislative Reports

2012 Legislative Report - Open Government

2011 Legislative Report - Participatory Democracy

2010 Legislative Report - Participatory Democracy

2009 Legislative Report - Open Government

2008 Legislative Report

2007 Legislative Report

2006 Legislative Report - Open Government

2005 Legislative Report - Open Records

2004 Legislative Report

2003 Legislative Report - Open Government

2002 Legislative Report

2001 Legislative Report

2000 Legislative Report

1999 Legislative Report

1998 Legislative Report


Articles and Resources

Guide to Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act (September 2006)

Public Has Right to Know, But How Much? Op - Ed, published in the Salt Lake Tribune (July 2005)

Events

TAKE ACTION: Keep Government Transparent and Accountable (3/4/11)

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