FOI Spotlight: Mobile apps and public access in Texas government

2022-03-31T17:08:48-05:00

By Kelley Shannon FOI Foundation of Texas Executive Director AUSTIN _ Two Texas House committees met Wednesday to consider how to make more government records accessible to the public through mobile apps. The House Government Efficiency and Reform Committee held a joint hearing with the House Technology Committee and heard invited testimony from Texas state agency officials and a Florida state representative about how records are already being made available online and through mobile applications and how they might be in the future. Throughout the hearing, the question of cost arose. "The overlying theme is, it costs money to be transparent, [...]