The City of Greensboro and the Sunshine Center of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition have scheduled two workshops dealing with public records and open meetings for Oct. 22 at the Greensboro Historical Museum auditorium. The workshops are free and open to the public, and they will feature multimedia presentations on best practices in making and responding to requests for public records.
The 2 p.m. session is geared toward city employees, and it will cover how to manage media requests. The 7 p.m. session has a more general appeal, and it will focus on public requests and will provide resources to create more efficient public records requests.
Participants in both workshops will gain information about open government resources, recent legislative activity, the Freedom of Information Act, Greensboro’s protocols for dealing with public records requests and more. Time for questions and answers will be provided. Representatives from the Sunshine Center, Elon University’s School of Communications, Elon University’s School of Law and officials from the city of Greensboro will all make presentations.
The Sunshine Center is the education arm of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, whose mission is to foster awareness and knowledge of the state’s open government laws. The Sunshine Center is housed at Elon University in the School of Communications.
For directions and parking information for the Greensboro Historical Museum click here.
For more information about the Sunshine Center of the N.C. Open Government Coalition click here.
To view the topics to be discussed, click here.