Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal campaigned on a promise to ease the way for greater government transparency. The LA legislature is currently considering two bills in support of that effort. From the Times-Picayune:

The administration is backing Senate Bill 629 by Sen. Mike Walsworth, R-West Monroe, which could come up for debate in the upper chamber in the coming days. Walsworth’s measure would seal records in the offices of the governor, the inspector general, the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, the state Military Department, work products related to industrial recruiting by the state Department of Economic Development, and any direct communication between the governor’s office and the affiliated agencies that now enjoy a seal themselves.

House Bill 1100 by Rep. Wayne Waddell, R-Shreveport, differs by narrowing the protection within the governor’s executive office to the governor, the chief of staff and the legal counsel.

I like transparency policy debate centered around the question of “how much” rather than “if”.

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