01163pab a2200169 454500 180718b1997 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Roberts, Gary E. Implementing sunshine and the public records law in Dade county, Florida problems and prescriptions for reform 1997 p.431-49 Feb Open 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 Decision making - United States Local government International Journal of Public Administration 33548 33548 33548 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 20, Issue no: 2 AR33773 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR