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Council to consider $5.5M contract for redo of city's website

The city’s primary website is slated for a comprehensive revamp from a California-based vendor, due in part to staff’s assessment that the work needed to properly improve the site exceeds their resources and abilities. An item on next week’s City…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Oct 31, 2024

Audit finds police department backlog of 20,000 public information requests

The Austin Police Department recently had a backlog of more than 20,000 public information requests, causing some requests to wait for more than a year to receive a response, according to a recent city audit. That audit also found APD…

City Hall • By Chad Swiatecki • Aug 24, 2023

Video: City Hall public information requests rely on the honor system

Monitor publisher Mike Kanin talks with KXAN’s Sally Hernandez about Sunny Sone’s coverage of how the City of Austin Processes public information requests.

Monitor News & Media • By Michael Kanin • Aug 18, 2015

Public information requests rely on the honor system at City Hall

The city of Austin handles public information requests on the honor system – without oversight to ensure those who are inquiring receive all the information they request. An investigation into how the honor system works found that public information requests to…

City Hall • By Sunny Sone • Aug 18, 2015

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