Thank you to the more than 60 Ohio media outlets who took part in the recently completed Ohio Public Records Audit under the auspices of the Ohio Coalition for Open Government. Below is a partial listing of the media coverage given to the audit by Ohio Newspaper Association members. And don't forget to take the Ohio Public Records Quiz, which is a fun way to test your knowledge of the state's public records laws.
- OCOG President Dennis Hetzel on Lessons from the public records audit: 10 years after
- How the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism helped with the 2014 public records audit
- Test of open-records requests shows improvement statewide (Associated Press)
- How an Ohio public records audit was conducted (Associated Press)
- Most area public employees pass open-records test; Akron disputed (Akron Beacon Journal)
- Ohio More Compliant Providing Public Records, Audit Says (Archbold Buckeye)
- Editorial: Public records laws cannot be ignored by county officials (The Athens Messenger)
- Audit exposes ‘digital holes’ in electronic requests (The Blade)
- 4 counties among the worst for giving info (The Blade)
- Stark public records grow more accessible (Canton Repository)
- Therese D. Hayt: Public reords are Ohioans' records; they exist for you (Canton Repository)
- Interactive graphic: Ohio records request response times (Canton Repository)
- Audit finds Lorain County officials largely meet open records ... (Chronicle-Telegram)
- Local agencies flunked records test (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Pickaway County improves in compliance with public record requests (The Circleville Herald)
- Compliance in releasing Ohio public records better, but not perfect (Columbus Dispatch)
- Records sought in audit were easy pickings. Meanwhile ... (Columbus Dispatch)
- Details of the electronic records audit (Columbus Dispatch)
- Editorial: Sunshine grew brighter (Columbus Dispatch)
- Governments fare better in providing access to public records (Dayton Daily News)
- Report: Butler County is open with its public records (Journal News)
- Region follows law on records (Lima News)
- Electronic records a challenge for area communities (Massillon Independent)
- Statewide public records audit conducted (Morgan County Herald)
- Editorial: Public records requests filled promptly, without hassle (New Philadelphia Times Reporter)
- Fayette County in compliance with Sunshine laws (Record Herald)
- How did Wood County do? (Sentinel-Tribune)
- Local offices do well in open record audit (Times Gazette)
- Editorial: On local officials and public records (Times Gazette)
- Formal training on responding to requests remains scarce in area (The Vindicator)