A Memphis Democrat wants more state meetings to be shown online, in an effort to make government more transparent. His proposal would add seven new boards and commissions streaming and archiving meetings online.
The bill would affect bodies like the Registry of Election Finance, the state Ethics Commission and the state Lottery Corporation’s board. It lets them use rooms in the state legislature already set up for online streaming. The extra bandwidth and staffing are expected to cost around $16 thousand, which sponsor Jim Kyle says is a bargain.
“I would think that’s a very small price for open government.”
Kyle says he’s focusing on committees dealing in public policy.
“It seems to be me that, true to open government, we ought to video stream as many of our important boards and commission meetings as we possibly can, so people have a better understanding of what policies are being made, and why they’re being made.”
The bill is set to go before committees this week in both the state House and Senate.
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