FRANKFORT . Local governments in Kentucky will now be able to notify news organizations about their special meetings by e-mail.

The new provision in Kentucky's open meetings law took effect earlier this month, and was touted as a money and time saver. It allows local governments to send meeting notices electronically to any agency member or media organization that asks in writing for e-mail communications.

.It gives the media and the public more timely notification of the special meetings as well,. Allison Martin, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office said, .because you never can ensure when a mailed letter is going to arrive by the postal service..

The state attorney general's office is sending out notices of the new law to more than 1,400 public officials across the state. Mayors and county judge-executives are among the officials expecting to receive the open meeting law updates, and they're expected to pass the material on.

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