FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA View legislation in New Hampshire by using the search terms below. You’ll be directed to a list of recent bills that include the specified terms in their full text. “Freedom of Information” “Right to Know” and/or “Right-to-Know” “Open Meeting” […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA Provenza v. Town of Canaan: Open Government Victory in New Hampshire Henry Klementowicz, a senior staff attorney at the ACLU of New Hampshire, discusses a state Supreme Court case involving access to police records. In 2018, […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated September 25, 2023) Where can the law be found? The law governing access to New Hampshire public records is the state’s Right to Know Law, officially known as Revised Statutes Annotated, Chapter 91-A: Access to Governmental […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA View legislation in Massachusetts by using the search terms below. You’ll be directed to a list of recent bills that include the specified terms in their full text. “Freedom of Information” “Open Meeting” and/or “Open Meetings” “Public Record” […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA Secret Courts in Massachusetts Anastasia Lennon, a reporter for the New Bedford Light, discusses her attempts to access a criminal court proceeding that’s closed to the public. Secret “show cause” hearings occur throughout the state typically […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated October 12, 2022) Where can the law be found? The law governing Massachusetts public records is the Public Records Law, also known as the PRL. The PRL provides guidelines for what constitutes public records, how […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA View legislation in Maine by using the search terms below. You’ll be directed to a list of recent bills that include the specified terms in their full text. “Freedom of Access Act” “Freedom of Information” “Open Meeting” and/or […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA Maine Judicial Records: A First Amendment Right to Access | NEFAC’s Judy Meyer, executive editor at the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, discusses a recent lawsuit to protect the First Amendment right to judicial documents […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated August 30, 2023) Where can the law be found? The law governing Maine public records is the Freedom of Access Act (FOAA). Enacted in the 1970s, the FOAA provides guidelines for what constitutes a public […]
FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA View legislation in Connecticut by using the search terms below. You’ll be directed to a list of recent bills that include the specified terms in their full text. “Chapter 14” and/or “Chapter Fourteen” “Freedom of Information” […]