The Georgia Records Desk https://davidforgeorgia.com/ A plain-English guide to the documents the State of Georgia publishes about itself: records requests, meeting rules, budget and spending files, archives, court filings and the offices behind them. en-us Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The budget documents the Office of Planning and Budget publishes https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/budget-documents/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/budget-documents/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Budget instructions, a Budget in Brief, a performance measures report, a tax expenditure report and fiscal notes, all labelled with Georgia’s AFY and FY notation. What the Department of Audits and Accounts publishes https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/department-of-audits/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/department-of-audits/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT An audit office that states its purpose as independent, unbiased information, publishes named oversight reports, and runs two public dashboards plus the Open Georgia gateway. What the Georgia Department of Revenue handles https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/department-of-revenue/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/department-of-revenue/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Tax administration, motor vehicle tags and titles, alcohol and tobacco enforcement, local government property tax work and unclaimed property, behind two named online systems. The documents the Governor’s office publishes https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/executive-action/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/executive-action/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Executive orders, signed legislation, appointments and proclamations sit together under one Executive Action heading, next to constituent services and a press archive. What the Georgia Archives holds and how to consult it https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/georgia-archives/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/georgia-archives/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Collecting since 1918, attached to the University System of Georgia, open Tuesday to Saturday in Morrow, with Virtual Vault, Finding Aids, the GIL catalog and an Ask an Archivist form. What Open Georgia publishes about state spending https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/open-georgia/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/open-georgia/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Salaries and travel, expenditures, financial reports, performance reviews and tax information, gathered on one annually updated gateway run by the Department of Audits and Accounts. What the Open Meetings Act requires of a Georgia public body https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/open-meetings/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/open-meetings/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT A written notice posted twenty-four hours ahead, a majority vote of a quorum to close a meeting, a misdemeanour and a $500 fine for doing it knowingly, and ninety days to sue. How a Georgia open records request works https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/open-records-requests/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/open-records-requests/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Three business days, oral or written, and a statute number when a record is withheld: what the Attorney General’s open government guidance says a Georgia agency must do. Searching filings held by Georgia superior court clerks https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/property-and-court-filings/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/property-and-court-filings/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT The Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority runs the shared public search, a filing alert service called FANS, a Map Search app and a paid Premium Search tier. Where Georgia school system finances are published https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/school-system-financials/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/money/school-system-financials/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT School money surfaces in three places at once: a dedicated dashboard, the audit office’s oversight reports, and the salaries file on Open Georgia that covers boards of education. Using georgia.gov to find a state service https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/state-portal/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/offices/state-portal/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT One flat index, a short list of most-used services and a rotating front page: the statewide portal is a routing layer, not a records system, and knowing that saves a detour. Where Georgia birth and death certificates come from https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/vital-records/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/vital-records/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Vital Records at the Georgia Department of Public Health registers, preserves, amends and certifies Georgia vital events, and takes orders online through listed vendors or by mail. What a Georgia open records request costs https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/what-a-request-costs/ https://davidforgeorgia.com/records/what-a-request-costs/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Twenty-five cents a page, the first fifteen minutes free, an hourly rate capped at the lowest paid qualified employee, and prepayment only above a $500 estimate.