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government transparency

‘Trade Secrets’ Shouldn’t Trump Accountability

By Randy Evans/Stray Thoughts | July 31, 2018

The Iowa Legislature wrote some wonderful concepts into the state’s government transparency laws. … But increasingly, 11 other words in the public records law are causing headaches for Iowans who want to monitor the decisions their government makes.

Education

School District Responses Show Varied Interpretations Of Iowa Open Records Law

By Libby Collins | April 4, 2014

Parents, or any member of the public for that matter, who ask some of Iowa’s largest school districts how their district deals with emergency lock downs for their children’s safety would have difficulty obtaining the district’s policy.