Access to documents in our Legislature is really phenomenal. Louisiana is very, very advanced when compared to other state legislatures. |
One issue is convincing the public that there are entities out there other than the media that really need access to documents, such as people doing substantive research on government. |
We have to be careful in shutting down public records. |
When we were dealing with the paper world and you were allowed to see the file, you could view the ideas that went into policy development. E-mail is very easy to be lost, and it is a lot more difficult to follow. |