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Vermont Coalition for Open Government

(A member of NFOIC)

St. Michael's College
One Winooski Park
Bergeron Center 118
Coldchester, VT 05439
Phone (802) 654-2442
Fax (802) 654-2560
Contact: Michael Donoghue, President
E-mail mdonoghue@smcvt.edu

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law 1 V.S.A. §§310 et seq.
Closed: Contract negotiations; employee matters; certain real estate matters; disciplinary records of public employees and students; and other records/documents exempted in Title 1, 317b; and discussions that would result in a clear and imminent peril to public safety.

Open Records Law 1 V.S.A. §§315 et seq.
Exempt: Twenty exemptions including: Personnel files; criminal investigation records; tax documents; and location of historical/archaeological sites.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF VERMONT

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• 109 State Street
• Montpelier, VT 05609-1001
• Phone (802) 828-3171
• Fax (802) 828-5341
• http://www.atg.state.vt.us/

• Vermont Bar Association
• 35-37 Court Street, P.O. Box 100
• Montpelier, VT 05601-0100
• Phone (802) 223-2020
• Fax (802) 223-1573
• http://www.vtbar.org/
• E-mail bpaolini@vtbar.org

• Vermont Press Association
• Virginia Press Association
• 11529 Nuckols Road
• Glen Allen, VA 23059
• Phone (804) 521-7570
• Fax (804) 521-7589/7590
• http://www.vpa.net/index.html

• State Sunshine Chair
• Mike Donoghue
• E-mail mdonoghue@smcvt.edu

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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

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

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