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State rules on use of technology proposed for texting during public meetings
The idea is to bring open government principles to the era of smartphones.
Under a pair of bills under consideration by New Jersey lawmakers, town council members would no longer be able to text each other during public meetings, government agencies that have websites would have to use them to provide information about their meetings, and official video and audio recordings of meetings would be included as public records. (Mulvihill, Associated Press)
