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Connecticut Foundation for Open Government

(A member of NFOIC)

P.O. Box 465
Danbury, CT 06813
Contact: Janet Manko, President
http://www.ctopengovt.org/

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Conn. Gen. Stat. §1-18a et seq.
Closed: Certain personnel matters; collective bargaining and negotiating sessions; administrative staff meetings; certain real estate transactions; security strategy; and pending litigation negotiations.

Open Records LawConn. Gen. Stat. §1-18a et seq.
Exempt: Fifteen total exemptions including: Personnel, medical and some law enforcement files; juvenile; some witness and victim identification records; pending litigation files; and real estate documents.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

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CONTACTS

Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission
18-20 Trinity Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone (860) 566-5682
Fax (860) 566-6474
http://vvv.state.ct.us/foi/
E-mail FOI@po.state.ct.us

State Sunshine Chair
Stephanie Reitz
The Hartford Courant
32 Elm St., Apt. 3
Hartford, CT 06106
Work (860) 241-3216
Home (860) 278-6323
Fax (860) 241-3865
reitz@courant.com

Office of the Attorney General
55 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone (860) 808-5318
http://www.ct.gov/ag/site/default.asp

Connecticut Bar Association PO Box 350
30 Bank Street
New Britain, CT 06050
Phone (860) 223-4400
Fax (860) 223-4488
http://www.ctbar.org/
E-mail Ctbar@ctbar.org

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FORM LETTERS

• The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (800) 336-4243 or (703) 807-2100
• E-mail rcfp@rcfp.org
• FOI Letter Generator

• Student Press Law Center
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (703) 807-1904
• E-mail splc@splc.org
• Request Letter Generator

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PUBLICATIONS

Media and the Law Handbook
Hartford, CT: Hartford County Bar Association and the Connecticut Bar Association, 2000, 110 p.
Price: Free to the media.
Format: One-volume handbook. 8 in.
Order from:
Connecticut Bar Association
PO Box 350
30 Bank St.
New Britain, CT 06050-0350
Phone (860) 223-4400

Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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