Jen Standerfer

Thanks to Roby Brock for the opportunity to speak about the work we’re doing to preserve citizen access to our government.

Sen. Clarke Tucker, Jen Standerfer 11.3.23 Sen. Clarke Tucker, D-Little Rock, and attorney Jen Standerfer lead Arkansas Citizens for Transparency, which is pushing for a constitutional amendment and i...

When we see the FOIA used for political battles and twitter wars, it’s easy to forget that it’s more commonly used by the public to access traffic studies, rezone proposals, and animal services reports. Any time you ask a city or county department for a record, they give it to you because FOIA tells them to. It’s how we find fraud and hold our government accountable. We have a right to transparency, and that right belongs in our constitution.

Transparency advocates hear public input on proposal to enshrine FOIA in Arkansas Constitution - Arkansas Advocate Committee members said they will compile and make public at least one more draft before submitting the proposal to the state attorney general.

I’ll be in Little Rock Thursday if you want to swing by and visit about government transparency. We’re working hard to get this right, and all input is good input.

We’ve got a right to know what our government is doing. It’s the only way we can hold them accountable. I’m proud of this bipartisan effort to protect our right to know by putting it in our Constitution.

Arkansans demand Freedom of Information Act violators be held liable, amendment supporters say The public insists that public officials who willfully withhold public records or conduct public business in secret should be sued, according to supporters of a Freedom of Information amendment to the state constitution.