Public records.

The Section of State and Local Government Law of the American Bar Association (Chicago, IL) has published "Access to Government in the Computer Age," a new book that examines the impact of technology on access to public records laws, especially those laws that predate computers. Content includes information on: the application of public health records laws to electronic data; implications of electronic documents within the context of discovery; the interplay between access to public records and litigants' right of discovery; the right of public access to electronic records versus the right to personal privacy; determining when e-mail of other electronic records become public record; record issues related to private entities doing business with state and local governments; and, the relationship between traditional attorney work, client communication privileges, and public records laws. A supplemental CD contains links to public records statutes for all 50 states as well as a variety of other materials relating to the topic. The book costs $90.