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Tag: smartphone

TRANSPARENCY TUESDAY: Does the right to “inspect” public records include the right to Instagram them?

October 1, 2013September 5, 2018 Frank LoMonte

A Colorado city council drew the ire of open-government advocates this summer by voting to ban members of the public from snapping photos of public records to avoid paying copying charges.

Tagged copying charges, open records, public records, smartphone, Transparency Tuesday

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