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Texas Starts Open Government Training for Officials

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· Story link Open government training becomes mandatory for state and local officials in Texas starting January 1. Attorney General…

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Open government training becomes mandatory for state and local officials in Texas starting January 1. Attorney General Greg Abbott unveiled new open government training materials designed to educate officials on both open records and open meetings laws and displayed a certificate of completion as the first graduate. The law give incumbents a year to complete the training. Any one elected after Jan. 1 has 90 days.

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