City representative wins FOI complaint against ethics board
From Stamford Advocate: The state Freedom of Information Commission ordered Board of Ethics members to undergo Freedom of Information training after ruling the board's hearing panel improperly entered...
View ArticleConnecticut FOI 'Rat' to be Amended
From CTNewsJunkie: Lawmakers planned Tuesday to amend one of the two special session bills to remove a controversial provision which would have created a new exemption to the state’s Freedom of...
View ArticleFOIA complaint filed after City of Waterbury refuses to release John Rowland...
From Connecticut 5th District: The New Haven Register and Register Citizen filed a complaint with the State Freedom of Information Commission Friday afternoon over the city of Waterbury’s refusal to...
View ArticleNFOIC's State FOIA Friday for September 7, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:Legal memo: Text messages are public records...
View ArticleEthics agency destroys public records Of Connecticut state officials'...
From Hartford Courant: The Office of State Ethics has quietly destroyed a quarter-century's worth of public records concerning the finances of present and former public officials, drawing a protest...
View ArticleConnecticut schools respond to Freedom of Information Act requests for...
From The Middletown Press: (Nov 10, 2012) - The Region 13 school district was the second slowest in the state to respond to a request for a copy of the superintendent’s contract in a recent test done...
View ArticleSandy Hook Massacre the focus of one of two major Conn. FOI cases
From the New England First Amendment Coalition: Virtually every news organization in Connecticut has joined a friend of the court action to the state Supreme Court asking it to overturn a lower court...
View ArticleAndy Thibault: Want the bum's rush? Ask for public records in Connecticut
Opinion from FoothillsMediaGroup.com: Connecticut’s Freedom of Information law was once the pride of the nation. It has withstood numerous assaults by judges, legislators and other officials with...
View ArticleFederal copyright law trumps Connecticut Freedom of Information Act
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View ArticleSome town clerks, hack pols wage war against public records access
Opinion from New Haven Register:You know the barriers to public records are getting beyond ludicrous when genealogists and Civil War researchers are considered enemies of the state. This is just a...
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Connecticut bill would limit public access to records of Sandy Hook shooting
From Daily News: A bill crafted in secret by Connecticut's chief prosecutor,governor's office and legislators would prevent the release of some Newtown school shooting investigation records, including...
View ArticleTown clerk ignoring law over Newtown death certificates
Editorial from Courant.com: Newtown town clerk Debbie Aurelia is not just disregarding state law and years of tradition in withholding death certificates regarding the Dec. 14 Newtown massacre. In...
View ArticleBill letting Newtown families veto disclosure might raise fairness issues
From Hartford Courant: The secretly drafted bill that would give Newtown massacre victims' families the power to veto disclosure of some investigative records might create a broader precedent —...
View ArticleConn. bill would keep some Newtown records private
From The Leaf Chronicle: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A plan by Connecticut officials to withhold some Newtown school shooting records from the public would be another blow to government transparency, which...
View ArticleNewtown officials ordered to provide 911 calls to public records panel for...
From The Republic: HARTFORD, Connecticut — A state Freedom of Information commission on Monday ordered Newtown officials to provide it with 911 calls from the day of the shooting inside Sandy Hook...
View ArticleDaniel Klau: Who misled the Sandy Hook families about crime scene photos and...
From Appealing Brief: Only days before the end of the 2013 legislative session last June, someone (apparently a Fox News reporter) started a false rumor that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was...
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