Access to documents in our Legislature is really phenomenal. Louisiana is very, very advanced when compared to other state legislatures.

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When we were dealing with the paper world and you were allowed to see the file, you could view the ideas that went into policy development. E-mail is very easy to be lost, and it is a lot more difficult to follow.

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One issue is convincing the public that there are entities out there other than the media that really need access to documents, such as people doing substantive research on government.

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