Secrecy: Update laws on openness保密：更新的法律就开放
“It being essential to the fundamental philosophy of the American constitutional form of representative government and to the maintenance of a democratic society that public business be performed in an open and public manner, and that citizens be advised of and be aware of the performance of public officials and the deliberations and decisions that go into the making of public policy, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Mississippi that the formation and determination of public policy is public business and shall be conducted at open meetings except as otherwise provided herein.” “它正在必不可少的基本哲学，美国宪法的形式，代表政府和维持一个民主社会的公共商业演出在一个开放的和公共的方式，以及公民被告知，并意识到该履行公职官员和审议情况和决定指出，进入决策的公共政策，这是在此被宣布为国家政策密西西比认为，形成和决心，公共政策是公共事务，并应进行公开会议另有规定的除外在这里“ 。
- Open Meetings Act, 1975 -公开会议法， 1 975年
The legislative declaration at the beginning of Mississippi’s Open Meetings Act is a practical statement for the need for open government.立法宣言在开始密西西比州的公开会议上采取行动是一个实际的声明，对于需要开放的政府。
It is “essential” to the operation of our government that citizens be aware of the actions of public officials in determining the policies that affect their lives.这是“必不可少”的运作，我们的政府，公民知道的行动，公职人员在确定的政策影响其生活。 While this idea is generally accepted, it is not always practiced.而这个概念是普遍接受的，它并非始终实行。
Public officials, facing controversial decisions, or even worse, taking action they intentionally want to hide, shut the public out.公职人员，面对争议性的决定，或更糟糕的是，采取行动，他们故意要隐藏，关闭市民。 Documents that detail the actions of government, often involving the use of taxpayer money, are hidden from public view.文件详细的行动，政府，往往涉及使用纳税人的钱，是隐藏从公众视野中。
Mississippi’s Open Meetings Act and the Open Records Act state the intention of openness, but do not adequately provide the practical requirements under law to ensure it.密西西比州的公开会议上采取行动和公开记录的行为，国家的意图，公开，但不提供充分的现实要求下，法，以确保它。
The Open Meetings Act has a list of exceptions.公开会议法有一个例外清单。 While some are valid, including sensitive personnel issues and proprietary matters such as the purchase of land, the exemptions are too many and too broad.有些则是有效的，包括敏感的人事问题和所有权的事宜，例如购买土地，豁免太多和太广泛。
Worse, exemptions and procedures that were intended for specific valid purposes are interpreted so broadly as to make the law useless.更糟的是，豁免和程序的用意是为特定的目的，是有效的解释，从而使其广泛的，以使法律形同虚设。 One example is that some law enforcement agencies close their records under the guise of protecting investigative material.其中一个例子是，一些执法机构密切纪录的幌子下，保护调查材料。 Basic incident reports on crimes - information that involves public safety - are often hidden.基本事件的报告罪行-信息，涉及公众安全的-往往隐藏。
Agencies close meetings based on broad definitions of “personnel matters,” or possible “litigation.” Too often, the law is only as valid as the good intentions of the public officials.机构密切会议的基础上广泛的定义， “人事事项” ，或可能的“诉讼”往往，法律是唯一一样有效的良好意图的公职人员。
Often, seeking enforcement of the laws requires expensive litigation, which puts a chilling effect on private citizens seeking open government.很多时候，寻求执行的法律，需要昂贵的诉讼，这使寒蝉效应对私人公民寻求开放的政府。
Open government is promoted by the media, but it is not a media issue - it is a public issue.开放的政府是提倡的媒体，但它并不是一个媒体问题-这是一个公共问题。 Any citizen should be able to observe the action of government officials or have access to public records.任何公民，应该能够观察到的行动，政府官员或已进入公共记录。 It’s that simple.它就是这么简单。
Today begins a series of reports on Mississippi’s problems with secrecy.今天开始了一系列的报道，密西西比州的问题与保密。 There are various improvements that should be made to the state’s open meetings and records laws.有各种各样的改善，应作出国家的公开会议上和记录的法律。 Exemptions should be tightened and procedures improved to aid citizens seeking to know how their tax money is used, what their government is doing and how their lives are impacted.豁免应收紧和程序改进，以寻求援助的公民知道如何报税的钱是用什么他们的政府的做法，以及如何他们的生活影响。
Openness is “essential” to good government.开放是“必不可少” ，以良好的政府。 The doors should open on Mississippi’s secrecy.门应开放对密西西比州的保密。
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