ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney General Sam Olens on Tuesday pressed state lawmakers to strengthen Georgia's open records laws, arguing that transparency increases public confidence in government. Open government advocates, who appeared along with Olens at a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee at the state Capitol, said any changes to the law should ensure that access to records is affordable and that there is strict enforcement for violations of the law. The proposed bill being pushed by the Republican attorney general would boost fees for open records violations and clarify the state's open
Ga. AG presses for stronger open records laws