ATTENTION – You Can Help Pass Open Meetings and Open Records Reform The Open Public Meetings Act (S106) and the Open Public Records Act (S107) reform legislation will be heard on Monday, October 15 in the Senate Budget Continue Reading →
Do you want to find out what your local, county and state governments are doing? Are they following the law or even their own regulations? Are there documents you need but are finding difficult to obtain? Continue Reading →
MODEL RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF S106 AND S107: Click here for PDF version. Click here for Word version. Click here for a 1-page FACT SHEET from the bill sponsors, Sen. Loretta Weinberg and Sen. Joseph Pennacchio. The fact sheet Continue Reading →
In her ruling on 10/30/2017, Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson rebuked the Division of State Police for its abysmal handling of OPRA requests, noting the agency’s “pattern and practice” of taking weeks or months to respond. The article contains an Continue Reading →
UPDATE (6/21/2017): If you didn’t see NJFOG’s seminar in Southampton last night, you missed a great presentation. It was live-streamed — thank you Citizen’s Media TV — so you can watch it HERE. Presenter John Paff was mega-revved from his Continue Reading →
The Center for Cooperative Media is hosting a FREE class on OPRA that features some awesome speakers. Mark your calendar for June 6 and register here. Space is limited, so don’t delay. At this training, investigative reporter S.P. Sullivan and Continue Reading →
This editorial concerns an unauthorized purchase that a board of education subsequently voted to pay for after initially voting against the purchase at a prior meeting. The editorial raises important questions. For instance, why are public documents that would answer simple questions, Continue Reading →
It’s always nice to see local governments taking steps to better organize and maintain their records. – NJFOG December 2, 2015 By MARK KITCHIN Staff Writer Observer-Tribune (article here and re-posted below) CHESTER TWP. – Records and how to keep Continue Reading →
