Open Government Training & Information from AG

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has an excellent website for Open Records and Open Government at [website].

The State of Texas serves a model for Open Government and this website includes:

• Open Government Laws
• Open Records Decisions
• Open Records Letter Rulings
• Open Records Report Biennial Update

In addition, effective January 1, 2006, elected and appointed public officials are required by a new state law to receive training in Texas open government laws. The Office of the Attorney General offers free video training courses, which were developed in compliance with a mandate from the 79th Texas Legislature that the Attorney General establish the formal training necessary to ensure that all elected and appointed government officials have a good command of both open records and open meetings laws.

This Web site contains links and information designed to assist public officials and public information coordinators in complying with the open government training requirement and Texas open government laws.

Even if you are not a government official the videos are worth watching. [Open Governement Training]

The definitive text, on open meetings titled the Open Meetings Act Handbook and the Public Information Act Handbook can be found at this site.

Another great tool for those requesting Public Records can be found at, "What Requestors Should Know" page.