Ind. House passed bill (HB-1083) that would convert now- public e...
Ind. House passed bill (HB-1083) that would convert now- public e-mail and Internet files of state and local public officials to confidential documents. Current law holds that public employees’ business is public’s business so all their correspondence and communications…
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are open to public inspection. Privacy provision was last-min. floor amendment to bill addressing collective bargaining by public employees. Amendment sponsor, state Rep. Jeff Thompson (R-Danville), said making state and local employees’ electronic correspondence public was like allowing someone to tap their phones and monitoring Internet use was like checking on what they looked up in libraries. He also cited inconvenience imposed by having to produce electronic correspondence files whenever requested. Bill now goes to Senate.