Nebraska Open Records

Nebraska laws and court cases

Nebraska Revised Statutes See sections 84-712 to 84-712.09 for the Public Records law, and sections 84-1407 to 84-1414 for the Open Meetings law.

Open Government Guide to Nebraska open records legislation by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Letter Generator

Generate an open records request that conforms to Nebraska requirements

Exemptions

Document types exempted from public access.

State Salary Database

Annual salaries for Nebraska state employees. This list is current through 2007.

Academic year salaries for employees of the University of Nebraska system. This list is current through 2007-08.

To see what other states have salary databases, click here.

Contacts (where to send your request)

NE City Clerks

NE County Clerks

NE School District Personnel

Blogs, websites and resources that use open records

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Press

Head to Sunshine Review for the most recent open record updates in Nebraska.

List of mainstream Nebraska media outlets

2008

September 30, 2008: Daily Nebraskan resolves issues over open records requests with university

September 23, 2008: Freedom From the Press?

June 5, 2008: County sets public records policy

March 16, 2008: Request made for government cell phone records

February 18, 2008: HIPAA bars release of hospital burial records, Neb. judge rules

2007

December 11, 2007: Judge considers request to open mental hospital burial logs

October 25, 2007: Nebraska maintains dead patients' names are not public record

October 11, 2007: Judge tells state to open burial records or go to court

August 15, 2007: Court asked to order opening of regional center burial records

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