The Belltower, Samford University

November 17 , 2006

Let The Sunshine In: Forum Explores Open Government

"... Members of the Alabama Open Records Study Task Force, commissioned by joint resolution of the Alabama legislature in 2005, accepted the challenge to clean up the 80-year-old mess and propose new legislation..."

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