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UPDATE (6/26/2015): Oral argument on the OPMA counts is to be heard before Judge Mary C. Jacobson on Monday, June 29, 2:00 PM in Mercer County Superior Court, 400 South Warren Street, Trenton, NJ. —- NJFOG announced on January 7 that it had filed suit against the Trenton Board of Education for multiple violations of the Open Public Read More …
Meeting sequencing – going in and out of open & closed sessions at a public meeting – is not uncommon, but is it fair? A 2.5-hour closed session at the April 29, 2015 Montague Township school board meeting resulted in many persons who came to speak leaving before they got the chance. The board has Read More …
An interesting thing happened at the March 11, 2015 meeting of the Clementon Housing Authority board of commissioners. The vice chair of the board got up to speak “as a member of the public” during the public comment portion of the meeting. The topic was Community Development Block Grant money, for which the Authority may Read More …
March 15-21 is National Sunshine Week, a yearly event that highlights the importance of open government and our “right to know” as citizens engaged in our own governance. Established in 2001, the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) is the only organization in New Jersey dedicated solely to improving public access to government records Read More …
The following is press coverage of NJFOG’s Island Heights case. NJFOG treasurer John Paff is quoted. -NJFOG Asbury Park Press September 2, 2014 by Kathleen Hopkins (full article here and re-posted below) ISLAND HEIGHTS – The Island Heights Board of Education broke the law last year by holding meetings behind closed doors on 24 topics Read More …