Massachusetts FOI Resources
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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
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
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
Email rcfp@rcfp.org
FOIA Letter Generator
Student Press Law Center
1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone (703) 807-1904
Email splc@splc.org
Request Letter Generator
PUBLICATIONS
Massachusetts Journalists' Court and Legal Handbook
Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press