"According to National Freedom of Information Coalition affiliates, the greatest threats to government transparency today are secrecy provisions added to state public record laws, particularly exemptions intended to protect personal privacy and police information.

"Other threats to transparency include the lack of adequate enforcement for agencies that violate open records laws, general hostility by government officials toward the laws, and exorbitant fees that prevent average citizens from accessing the records they are entitled to.

"The coalitions identified these eight most common threats to government transparency:

1. Exemptions

2. Lack of enforcement

3. Officials hostile toward FOI

4. Fees too high

5. Legislature hostile to FOI

6. Public apathy

7. Pandemic-related secrecy

8. Partisan politics"

Read the full report at https://www.nfoic.org/blogs/states-denial-report-exemptions-pose-greate…