01112pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245011500061260000900176300001300185362000800198520065200206650003600858650002100894773005100915180718b1997   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aRoberts, Gary E.  aImplementing sunshine and the public records law in Dade county, Florida problems and prescriptions for reform  c1997  ap.431-49  aFeb  aOpen meetings and public records laws are designed to make the process and product of governmental decision making more accessible to the general public. The objective of this study is to identify problems that are associated with Florida's open meetings (sunshine) and public records laws in relation to the administrative and decision making processes of local governments. The results indicate that smaller municipalities are adversely effected by advertising costs for open meetings and for unreimbursed research costs related to public records requests. A number of suggestions are proposed to remedy the identified deficiencies. - Reproduced  aDecision making - United States  aLocal government  aInternational Journal of Public Administration