Quick Information | Contacts | Form Letters | Publications

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Open Meetings Laws G.L. c. 39, 23-24. State: G.L. c. 30, 11. County: G.L. c. 34, 9F. Municipality: G.L. c. 39, 23B.
Closed: Certain personnel matters; discussion of individual characteristics; collective bargaining; real estate negotiations; and disciplinary records.

Open Records Law G.L. c. 66, sec. 10.
Exempt: Information that would invade individual privacy; trade secrets; public policy development memos; and investigative materials.

CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

top

CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• One Ashburton Place
• Boston, MA 02108
• Phone (617) 727-2200
• http://www.ago.state.ma.us/

• Massachusetts Bar Association
• 20 West Street
• Boston, MA 02111-1204
• Phone (617) 338-0500
• http://www.massbar.org/

• Massachusetts Public Records Division
• Secretary of the Commonwealth
• Public Records Division
• McCormack Building, Room 1719
• One Ashburton Place
• Boston, MA 02108
• Phone (617) 727-2832
• http://www.sec.state.ma.us/pre/preidx.htm

• Newspaper Publishers Association
• 70 Washington St.
• Salem, MA 01970
• Phone (978) 546-3400
• http://www.masspublishers.org/
• info@masspublishers.org

top

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

top

PUBLICATIONS

Massachusetts Journalists' Court and Legal Handbook

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

top