NJFOG Study Finds Systemic Lack of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act
In the first statewide study of municipalities, local authorities and boards of education, NJFOG examined municipal compliance with OPMA requirements. Read More …
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Rice notices need not be given to tenured school board employees
Under New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), a public agency may discuss taking adverse action against a public employee in a closed (executive) meeting unless the employee being discussed exercises his or her right to have the discussion conducted in public. In order for the employee to meaningfully exercise that right, the public agency Read More …
Senate Budget Committee to hear OPMA and OPRA modernization bills, Monday Oct. 15th
You can help pass Open Meetings and Open Records reform legislation. Read More …
NJFOG Hosts Free OPRA and OPMA Seminar, Sept 17 at Monroe Twp Public Library
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? Read More …
Support OPMA and OPRA modernization bills S106 and S107
In a move that runs counter to the public interest, some local governing bodies are adopting a resolution opposing legislation that would modernize and strengthen the state’s Open Public Meetings and Open Public Records Acts. Review the facts with our model resolution. Read More …