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Miller’s office withheld emails about ‘Jesus Shot’ trip

2016-04-07T13:41:10-05:00

By Brian M. Rosenthal Houston Chronicle Originally published April 1, 2016 Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller's office withheld public records that suggest he obtained a medical procedure known as "The Jesus Shot" on a taxpayer-funded trip to Oklahoma, the Houston Chronicle has learned. In response to a February public records request, Miller's office had said that no email messages about the trip existed, even though it had more than a dozen of them, a spokeswoman acknowledged Friday. The emails disprove Miller's initial account of the trip and show that he tried to set up work meetings for that day only after [...]

Miller’s office withheld emails about ‘Jesus Shot’ trip2016-04-07T13:41:10-05:00

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, [...]

FOI Spotlight: Mobile apps and public access in Texas government2022-03-31T17:08:48-05:00
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