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In response to the introduction of S788 by Senator Paul Sarlo — the bill proposes to exempt all police videos and 911 calls from OPRA — a forum will be hosted on Feb. 23, 2016 by the Bergen County NAACP to discuss transparency of government and law enforcement agencies. -NJFOG — by Paul Nichols Feb. 09, 2016 The Read More …
UPDATE (1/30/2016): The Forum has been moved to Newark. The new location is Room 395 of Rutgers Law School (Newark campus), 123 Washington St. Also, the event is now FREE, but registration is still required so as to maintain a head count for the purposes of food (lunch is still being provided) and room capacity. Read More …
UPDATE (5/12/2016): The winners of this year’s NJ-SPJ Excellence in Journalism contest have been announced. Congratulations to all the award recipients. And to all ye public advocates everywhere, keep up the good work! UPDATE (3/4/2016): The NJ-Society of Professional Journalists has extended its journalism contest deadline to 11:59 Tuesday, March 8 for all categories Read More …
UPDATE: Here is a link to the AUDIO RECORDING of the interview and highlights of the discussion! (This is an free FOIA event sponsored by ProPublica.) Monday, December 7, 2015 (PAST) Reception: 6:00 PM | Conversation: 7:00 – 8:30 PM Rutgers University Alexander Library, Lecture Hall (4th Floor) 169 College Avenue New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Read More …
The New Jersey League of Municipalities in cooperation with the New Jersey Government Records Council is holding a webinar titled “A Review of the Open Public Records Act” Webinar on December 10, 2015 from 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. This webinar will assist the public, local government employees, governing bodies, departments, boards and commissions to better understand the mandatory Read More …