NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Haslam administration officials have clamped down on what the public can learn about possible efforts to outsource more of state government.

As they tried to put forward a “simple and positive message” to state lawmakers, one official acknowledged Tuesday that staff members have been discouraged from using email or putting other deliberations in writing.

Those restrictions were adopted to avoid any more leaks of documents.

“We were a little concerned about some of the information that got out prematurely associated with the project,” said Terry Cowles, director of the Haslam’s customer-focused government program.

“We’re trying to manage that in a way that we can execute on this project in a deliberative manner and get to the end result associated with that. So we put that kind of control in place, if you will, to address that.”

News Channel 5 Nashville TN

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