RI lawmakers strengthen public records law
UPDATES BELOW PROVIDENCE, R.I. — State lawmakers bolstered Rhode Island's open records law by, among other things, expanding the range of information available to the public and increasing fines on...
View ArticleN.H. judge grants Union Leader access to name of fire victim
Reaction from New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC): A New Hampshire judge ruled last week that Union Leader Corp., publisher of the Granite State's largest daily, should be given the name of a...
View ArticlePhillip Balboni, founder of NECN and GlobalPost, to receive NEFAC's annual...
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View ArticleNEFAC introduces awards to private citizen, journalist who advanced the...
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View ArticleNEFAC extends deadline for Citizen Right to Know and FOI awards
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The New England First Amendment Coalition is extending to Jan. 14 the entry deadline on new awards to private citizens and professional journalists who advanced the public's right...
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...
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NEFAC's Suffolk chapter looks at effects of ‘Citizens United’
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View ArticleNEFAC says Holder should push for shield law, train Justice personnel on...
Press release from New England First Amendment Coalition: The New England First Amendment Coalition registered "extreme dismay" at the government seizure of phone records of The Associated Press and...
View ArticleDespite 2012 open-records law, less information is made public in R.I.
From Providence Journal: PROVIDENCE — Last September, at least on paper, Rhode Island was supposed to become a more transparent state. [...] But there seems to be confusion over the interpretation of...
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NEFAC open government news for July 2013
From New England First Amendment Coalition: The NEFAC Report -- New England's monthly right-to-know dispatch. This month:Electronic Chatter Among Officials at Public Meetings Raises Issues of...
View ArticleWho's counting? Boston Globe probe raises doubts on public meeting quorums
From Boston Globe staff reporter Todd Wallack via NEFAC: While writing a story recently about the Massachusetts state pharmacy board, I noticed something odd: Only half the board members showed up for...
View ArticleLegal dispute over public access to 911 calls reaches Maine’s highest court
From Bangor Daily News: PORTLAND, Maine — Attorneys on opposite sides of a legal dispute over public access to 911 call transcripts suggested Monday that dangerous precedents could be set if their...
View ArticleNEFAC announces its 2013 New England First Amendment Institute fellows
From New England First Amendment Coalition: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Journalists from a variety of media and all six New England states will gather in Dedham, Mass., Sept. 29-Oct. 1 to learn the latest...
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NEFAC will honor NY Times' James Risen with Hamblett Award
From New England First Amendment Coalition: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - James Risen, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who's done ground-breaking work on domestic spying and now faces legal peril for...
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The NEFAC Report for September 2013
From New England First Amendment Coalition: The New England First Amendment Coalition published its latest NEFAC Report. The publication includes: Head scratcher: US marshals say photos would invade...
View ArticleNEFAC Open Government News for Novermber
From New England First Amendment Coalition: The New England Fist Amendment Coalition published its NEFAC Report for November 2013. In this issue: The Diminishing Public View, Barge? What Barge!? Oh,...
View ArticleVoice of the Free Press: When it comes to open government, appearance matter
The charge that South Burlington failed to publicly announce a gathering of a quorum of city councilors underscores the need for public officials to be far more aware of appearances. The open meeting...
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