Office of Open Government - Trainings and Events
Upcoming Events
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Past Events
2023
Pierce County Open Government Training (November 14, 2023)
The Public Records Law and the Open Meetings Law: Wisconsin's Sunshine Laws
League of Wisconsin Municipalities - Food for Thought - Monthly Brown Bag Lunch Series (October 24, 2023)
The Public Records Law: Essentials
Wisconsin Technical College System - Annual Executive Assistants to the Presidents and Boards Meeting (October 12, 2023)
Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law Training
Public Records Law Training for Law Enforcement Hosted by the Mount Horeb Police Department (August 15, 2023)
Public Records for Law Enforcement
Wisconsin New Chiefs and Sheriffs Training (January 23, 2023)
Public Records Law for Law Enforcement
2023 Legislative Staff Training (January 20, 2023)
Wisconsin Public Records Law: Essentials for Legislative Staff
2022
2022 New Legislator Conference (November 30, 2022)
Wisconsin Public Records Law: Essentials for New Legislators
Cities and Villages Mutual Insurance Company Open Government Training (September 22, 2022)
Public Records Law and Open Meetings Law Training
State Bar of Wisconsin COVID Relief Legislation and Current Issues in Administrative and Local Government Law 2022 (September 19, 2022)
State Bar of Wisconsin Public Records, Open Meetings Update 2022 (September 7, 2022)
Processing Public Records Requests
2021
Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Open Government Training (May 28, 2021; held remotely)
Wisconsin Public Records and Open Government Essentials
Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Forensic Sciences Submission Advisory Committee Open Meetings Law Training (March 23, 2021; held remotely)
2020
2020 Newly Elected District Attorney Training (December 8, 2020; held remotely)
Wisconsin Department of Justice Confidentiality and Privileges CLE (November 12, 2020; held remotely)
Public Records, Privileges, and Related Issues Outline
Attorney Work Product and the Public Records Law Outline
Public Records, Privileges, and Related Issues Presentation
Cities and Villages Mutual Insurance Company Open Government Webinar (October 1, 2020)
Public Records and Open Meetings in Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Division of Extension Webinar - Effective Virtual Public Meetings During the Covid-19 Pandemic (May 12, 2020)
Covid-19 and the Open Meetings Law
Green Lake County Law Enforcement Public Records Law Training (February 18, 2020 and February 20, 2020)
Wisconsin Public Records Law Compliance Essentials
2019
Cities and Villages Mutual Insurance Company Open Government Training (October 16, 2019)
Wisconsin Open Government Essentials
Annual Wisconsin Sheriffs' Administrative Professionals (WISAP) Meeting (September 19, 2019)
The Public Records Law and Electronic Records: Considerations for Law Enforcement
Milwaukee County Public Records Training (September 12, 2019)
An Overview of the Public Records Law
State Bar of Wisconsin Public Records, Open Meetings Update 2019 (September 11, 2019)
The Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule: An Overview
Wisconsin Municipal Records Schedule Materials - Outline, GRS, Adoption Form
Wisconsin State Law Library Open Meetings Law Training (August 6, 2019)
Essentials for Ensuring Transparency Under the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
Portage County Public Records Law Training (June 13, 2019)
The Public Records Law: Compliance Essentials for Law Enforcement
League of Wisconsin Municipalities 2019 Clerks, Treasurers & Finance Officers Institute (June 6, 2019)
Responding to Public Records Requests
Taylor County Public Records Law Training (May 22, 2019)
Public Records Law Essentials for Law Enforcement
90th Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin (MEUW) Annual Conference (May 16, 2019)
The Wisconsin Open Meetings Law: A Refresher
Wisconsin Department of Corrections Wisconsin Open Meetings Law Training (March 14, 2019)
The Wisconsin Open Meetings Law
New Chiefs and Sheriffs Training Conference (January 25, 2019)
The Wisconsin Public Records Law
City of Janesville Public Records and Open Meetings Law Training (January 8, 2019)
The Public Records and Open Meetings Laws: Essentials for Ensuring Transparency
2018
Eau Claire Area Public Records Law Training (November 28, 2018)
The Public Records Law: Essentials for Ensuring Transparency [PDF]
Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation Officer-Involved Death (OID) Investigation School (October 25, 2018)
Legal Review and Public Records [PDF]
Annual Wisconsin Sheriffs' Administrative Professionals (WISAP) Meeting (September 20, 2018)
The Public Records Law: Essentials for Law Enforcement [PDF]
38th Annual Wisconsin Municipal Clerks Association Conference (August 23, 2018)
Understanding and Complying with the Public Records Law [PDF]
2018 Legislative Council Study Committee on the Use of Police Body Cameras (July 26, 2018)
Police Body Cameras: Public Records Law and Retention Considerations [PDF]
Cities and Villages Mutual Insurance Company 2018 Summer Meeting (July 19, 2018)
The Wisconsin Public Records Law [PDF]
West Bend Police Department Public Records Law Training (June 4, 2018)
The Wisconsin Public Records Law [PDF]
Office of the Commissioner of Insurance - Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund/Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan Board of Governors Meeting (March 21, 2018)
The Wisconsin Open Meetings Law: Essentials [PDF]
Wisconsin State JAC/JATT Committee Members Conference (March 9, 2018)
Expectations of JAC Confidentiality under the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law [PDF]
New Chiefs and Sheriffs Training Conference (January 22, 2018)
The Wisconsin Public Records Law [PDF]
2017
Wisconsin Digital Government Summit (November 30, 2017)
eDiscovery and Records Management - Best Practices [PDF]
Municipal Treasurers Association of Wisconsin - District 4 Training Meeting (November 16, 2017)
Ins and Outs of the Wisconsin Public Records Law and Record Retention [PDF]
League of Wisconsin Municipalities 2017 Clerks, Treasurers & Finance Officers Institute (June 22, 2017)
The Wisconsin Public Records Law Presentation [PDF]
2017 Statewide Prosecutors Education and Training (SPET) Spring Conference (May 11, 2017)
Electronic Records: Complying with the Public Records Law in the Modern Workplace [PDF]
2016
2016 Newly Elected District Attorney Training (Dec. 15, 2016)
Open Government in Wisconsin: The Open Meetings Law and Public Records Law [PDF]
Wisconsin Department of Corrections Wisconsin Public Records Law Training (Dec. 14, 2016)
Wisconsin Public Records Law: Balancing Public Records and Privacy Rights [PDF]
New Chiefs and Sheriffs Training Conference (Dec. 4, 2016)
Wisconsin Public Records Law [PDF]
Wisconsin Department of Justice Public Records and Open Meetings Seminar (Oct. 12 & 26, 2016)
2016 DOJ Road Show—Open Meetings Presentation [PDF]
Wisconsin Towns Association Fall Convention (Oct. 10, 2016)
Assessing the Wisconsin Public Records Law [PDF]
Wisconsin Department of Justice Seminar: Hot Topics in Ethics for Government Lawyers (Sept. 21, 2016)
Wisconsin Public Records Law: Ethics Issues [PDF]
League of Wisconsin Municipalities 2016 Municipal Assessors Institute (Sept. 13, 2016)
Public Records in Wisconsin: Assessing the Law [PDF]
State Bar of Wisconsin Public Records, Open Meetings Update (Sept. 7, 2016)
Driver's Privacy Protection Act Update [PDF]
16th Annual Law Enforcement Administrative Professionals (LEAP) Training Conference (June 16, 2016)
Wisconsin Public Records Law Legal Update: Electronic Records [PDF]
Badger State Sheriffs' Association 2016 Joint Law Enforcement Training Conference (May 26, 2016)
Public Records Law and Body Camera Implementation and Awareness [PDF]
Wisconsin Association for Justice 2016 Spring Seminar (Mar. 18, 2016)
Discovering the Public Records Law—How to Access Public Information [PDF]
New Chiefs and Sheriffs Training Conference (Jan. 4, 2016)
Public Records Law Presentation [PDF]
2015
Wisconsin Department of Justice Open Meetings Law Webinar (Nov. 5, 2015)
Wisconsin Department of Justice Public Records Law Webinar (Nov. 5, 2015)
Attorney General's Open Government Summit (July 29, 2015)
Reforming Wisconsin’s outdated Open Government laws was made a priority in 2015, and participants and guests were welcomed to the 2015 Open Government Summit. The goal for the summit was to provide recommendations to the Wisconsin Legislature that will provide clearer guidance to public officials and those who seek information from government without reducing rights to access
Media Law Resource Center's Model Policy on Police Body-Worn Camera Footage