FOIA Me This: A Guide to Public Records Access (RBR 9)
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FOIA Me This: A Guide to Public Records Access
With very few exceptions, all township records should be treated as public records, meaning the public should be able to access them. But that can be a hard concept to get your head around: What about emails, personal communications, privacy, or board member communications? What really are the deadlines? How can you communicate with the requester? When can you charge fees and how do you set them? Learn about the board’s responsibilities for ensuring a township can and will respond correctly.
Counts as full credit for Chapter 9: Public Records in MTA's Red Book Ready program.
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Catherine Mullhaupt
Staff Attorney, Member Information Services
MTA
Catherine provides township officials and employees with information and resources regarding the day-to-day functions of township government. She writes for the "Hello, MTA...?" and Legal Briefs columns, and other articles in the Michigan Township Focus, develops MIS Department resource materials and webpages, authors MTA publications, and presents workshop and conference sessions, as well as live and recorded online courses.
She joined MTA in 1991, spending her first nine years in MTA's Education Department writing and editing articles for the Township Focus and MTA publications. She coordinated educational workshops and the annual MTA trade show, and assisted in coordinating the annual MTA educational conference.
She was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 2006 and is currently the MTA Staff Attorney.
