Public Access Counselor Britt here for Sept. 11 Community Conversation program

Monday, September 3, 2018

As part of the continuing Community Conversations program, Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt will give a presentation on the Open Door Law and the Access to Public Records Act on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at City Hall.

Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt

The 7 p.m. meeting is an opportunity for elected and appointed officials to learn more about their responsibilities under the law. It also provides a chance for community members to learn their rights. There will be time for questions following Britt's presentation.

The Community Conversation, sponsored by the Greencastle League of Women Voters, the Putnam County Library and the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, is open to all community members.

The Office of the Public Access Counselor (PAC) provides advice and assistance concerning Indiana's public access laws to members of the public and government officials and their employees.

Responsibilities of the PAC include providing advice, assistance and legal opinions about the state's public access laws to members of the public and to government agencies. The office is also charged with the responsibility of providing training and education to those who request it and for preparing educational materials regarding the state's public access laws.

Luke H. Britt was appointed in August 2013 by then-Gov. Mike Pence to serve as Indiana's public access counselor, a non-partisan office dedicated to preserving the access rights of the public and educating government officials on their responsibilities under Indiana's access laws. He was reappointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb in November 2017 to serve a second term.

Now the longest-serving PAC in state history, he previously served as an attorney and operations manager for the Indiana State Department of Health and as an attorney for the Indiana Department of Child Services after beginning his career in private practice in Johnson County.

Britt received his undergraduate B.A. degree in Journalism from Franklin College (2002); an M.B.A. from the University of Indianapolis (2015); and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit (2005) and is admitted to the Indiana bar.

Britt regularly guest lectures on journalism, civics and law at Indiana universities and colleges and was as an undergraduate an intern at the Banner Graphic in Greencastle.Public Access Counselor Britt here for Sept. 11 Community Conversation

As part of the continuing Community Conversations program, Indiana Public Access Counselor Luke Britt will give a presentation on the Open Door Law and the Access to Public Records Act on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at City Hall.

The 7 p.m. meeting is an opportunity for elected and appointed officials to learn more about their responsibilities under the law. It also provides a chance for community members to learn their rights. There will be time for questions following Britt's presentation.

The Community Conversation, sponsored by the Greencastle League of Women Voters, the Putnam County Library and the Greater Greencastle Chamber of Commerce, is open to all community members.

The Office of the Public Access Counselor (PAC) provides advice and assistance concerning Indiana's public access laws to members of the public and government officials and their employees.

Responsibilities of the PAC include providing advice, assistance and legal opinions about the state's public access laws to members of the public and to government agencies. The office is also charged with the responsibility of providing training and education to those who request it and for preparing educational materials regarding the state's public access laws.

Luke H. Britt was appointed in August 2013 by then-Gov. Mike Pence to serve as Indiana's public access counselor, a non-partisan office dedicated to preserving the access rights of the public and educating government officials on their responsibilities under Indiana's access laws. He was reappointed by Gov. Eric Holcomb in November 2017 to serve a second term.

Now the longest-serving PAC in state history, he previously served as an attorney and operations manager for the Indiana State Department of Health and as an attorney for the Indiana Department of Child Services after beginning his career in private practice in Johnson County.

Britt received his undergraduate B.A. degree in Journalism from Franklin College (2002); an M.B.A. from the University of Indianapolis (2015); and a J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit (2005) and is admitted to the Indiana bar.

Britt regularly guest lectures on journalism, civics and law at Indiana universities and colleges and was as an undergraduate an intern at the Banner Graphic in Greencastle.

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