New policies, committees, and officials — including a chief data officer — will build a framework for state records requests after the system broke down.

Gov. Jerry Brown lent his signature to a bill letting state agencies respond to public records requests by posting information online instead of sending them to each…

A group of cities and counties in the state are hoping a new software can help them better manage texts sent by government employees.

Open government advocates are frustrated that their latest push to make all communications about government business subject to disclosure laws won't be moving forward this year.

The bill would shield police body camera footage from public disclosure if law enforcement believes it would "violate an individual’s reasonable expectation of privacy."