One year waiting period for Illinois’ FOIA “recurrent requestors”

from Government in the Lab:

Last month, we wrote about how the state of Illinois was erecting barriers to such knowledge by passing House Bill 1716. Sponsored by both House and Senate representatives, HB 1716 is an amendment bill to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) which will require people who request information to pay for the actual cost of retrieving public records.

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Open Government Summit to take place at RWU

from EastBayRI.com:

The public has an opportunity to learn about the state’s Access to Public Records Act and Open Meetings Act by attending the annual Open Government Summit or watching it live on the web.

Hosted by R.I. Attorney General Peter Kilmartin, the summit takes place Friday, Aug. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Roger Williams University, 1 Old Ferry Road, in the School of Law building.

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Celebrate Your Right to Know!

from New Mexico Foundation for Open Government:

It’s your government, it’s your money, and you have a right to know.

That's why NM-FOG has fought for 21 years to guarantee that you and your fellow New Mexicans can find out what your government is doing – regardless of who’s in power. We speak up for the public’s right to know in the state legislature, in court and in town halls and county chambers from Farmington to Las Cruces.

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NFOIC provides funding for Wisconsin lawsuit

COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 20, 2011) – A Wisconsin village’s abrupt dismissal of its administrator, still unexplained to the public two months since the action was taken in a closed-door meeting of the Village Board and a month since the administrator died of a heart attack, is the focus of a Knight FOI Fund grant announced Wednesday by the National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC).

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NFOIC provides funding for open meetings lawsuit in Florida

COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 18, 2011) – The Knight FOI Fund, a legal war chest administered by the National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC), has awarded a $5,000 grant to support a Florida lawsuit that could invalidate a March 2011 ballot referendum in St. Pete Beach on the grounds that the city commission made improper, closed-door decisions authorizing the citywide vote.

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