Can Local Governments Approve Nondisclosure Agreements?

The bulletin discusses why private companies ask local governments to enter into nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), what local governments should do when companies seek confidential communications with them, and how to negotiate the tension between the need for confidentiality and the law pertaining to public records and open meetings. This bulletin also provides sample contract clauses to include in NDAs, copies of the relevant state statutes, and examples of required disclosures to companies who are entering into negotiations with local governments.