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If an informed citizenry is to meaningfully participate in government or at least understand why government acts affecting their daily lives are taken, the process of decision making as well as the end results must be conducted in full view of the governed. from Oklahoma Ass'n of Municipal Attorneys v. State, 577 P.2d 1310, 1313-14 (Okla. 1978). Open Meeting Laws 2d is a national treatise covering all 50 states laws. It is the complete open meeting law reference. Open meeting laws typically apply to all elected officials and the subordinate groups created by them. The publication of Open Meetings Laws 2d is sponsored by International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). By the publication in 1994 of Open Meeting Laws, Ann Taylor Schwing made a substantial down payment towards the cost of insuring that our fundamental freedoms survive. With this, an updated, second edition of that work, Ms. Schwing reprises that contribution. Ann Taylor Schwing has significantly elevated the democratic values of government openness, responsiveness and accountability . . . . From the Foreword by Robert K Puglia Former Presiding Justice, California Court of Appeal, Third Judicial District (1974-1998)