Open Records/Open Meetings Training

GRADD Office
300 GRADD Way
Owensboro, KY

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN HURT YOU:
Understanding Open Meetings, Open Records, and Records Management

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AGENDA

Session 1: Open Records/Open Meetings
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

I. Open Records Act

1. Purpose and Construction


2. General Requirements


3. Duties in Responding to Open Records Requests


4. Copying Costs/Formatting


5. Statutory Exceptions to the Right of Inspection


6. Legal Challenges


7. Role of the Attorney General

II. BREAK

III. Open Meetings Act

1. Purpose and Construction


2. General Requirements


3. Duties in Responding to Open Meetings Complaints


4. Statutory Exceptions Authorizing, and Requirements for Closed Sessions


5. Regular and Special Meetings/Video Teleconferencing


6. Legal Challenges


7. Role of the Attorney General

LUNCH (On Your Own)
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

Session 2: Records Management
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

I. Records Management

1. Basic Principles of Managing Public Records


2. Use of Retention Schedules


3. Destruction of Obsolete Records

II. Electronic Records

1. Maintaining & Preserving Electronic Records


2. Managing E-Mail Records

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