It is also interesting to see how people react when they learn that the ability to decide what can be released from their files has been turned over to the Attorney General. I think that a lot of people view that as a sort of an insult. Unfortunately, we are all bound by the law.
Two 2 major changes we discussed were the Texas Supreme Court case that made State employee dates confidential and a relatively new ORD on the release of vehicle information by city and county agencies. Of course, we had a great morning-long discussion of Section 552.108, the law enforcement exception.
Since it is the year for the Legislative Session, we discussed pending bills. There is not really a mammoth change in the works, except the regular attempt to dilute the protection for law enforcement files, which seems to be going nowhere, but before all is said and done there will be a number of bills passed that will change the way that the exceptions under the Act are applied. We will talk about all of them at the Seminar in October. Hope to see you there!
Two 2 major changes we discussed were the Texas Supreme Court case that made State employee dates confidential and a relatively new ORD on the release of vehicle information by city and county agencies. Of course, we had a great morning-long discussion of Section 552.108, the law enforcement exception.
Since it is the year for the Legislative Session, we discussed pending bills. There is not really a mammoth change in the works, except the regular attempt to dilute the protection for law enforcement files, which seems to be going nowhere, but before all is said and done there will be a number of bills passed that will change the way that the exceptions under the Act are applied. We will talk about all of them at the Seminar in October. Hope to see you there!
