The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By Michael Morisy | MuckRock Public record laws are a bit like […]

The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By Daniel Klau | NEFAC, Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information March […]

The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By Jim Campbell | Maine Freedom of Information Coalition In a report […]

The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By Lia Ernst | NEFAC, ACLU of Vermont Sunshine Week largely — and rightly […]

The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By David Saad | Right to Know New Hampshire “The very word […]

The following blog post is one of several that the New England First Amendment Coalition will publish during Sunshine Week, highlighting the need for government transparency and addressing freedom of information concerns throughout the New England states. When posted, these articles can be read here. By Linda Lotridge Levin | Access/RI When Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island […]

  Bill  Sponsor Title Description   5098   McEntee, Craven, Ruggiero, O’Brien, McKiernan   AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS — ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS   Excludes preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers and work products involving research at state institutions of higher learning from the definition of a public record. 5269   Williams, Ranglin-Vassell, […]

  Bill  Sponsor Title Description 68   Archambault, Conley, Lombardi, Morgan, Lombardo   AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS – ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS   Revises access to public records charter re: definitions of public body public record, right to inspect, copy records, arrest logs, compliance, costs, court jurisdiction, remedies, claims settlement, violations (ACCESS/RI bill) […]

By Gregory Sanford In a dangerous world the president and his party, which controlled both houses of Congress, feared that an influx of immigrants posed a threat to the country. As one member of Congress warned, “The times are full of danger and it would be the height of madness not to take every precaution.” […]

By Jim Condos | Vermont Secretary of State An open government makes for a better government. Next week is Sunshine Week, and it will be celebrated all across the nation. In reality, it should be celebrated every week in Vermont and every other state. Here at the Secretary of State’s Office, our operations assume 625,000 Vermonters are looking over […]