Fla. Senate Panel Supports Broadband Public Records Exemptions

The Florida Senate Governmental Oversight Committee voted 8-0 to make more of the state’s broadband program confidential. SB-552 would exempt from public record inspection requirements information on communications services locations, project proposals and challenges submitted to the Department of Economic Opportunity through state or federal grant programs. The department must still publish on its website descriptions of proposed areas to be served and proposed broadband speeds.