From The Citizen:
PORT BYRON (Nov 27, 2012) – The Port Byron Teachers Association brought the state’s Open Meetings Law and Freedom of Information Law guru to Port Byron High School on Monday with the goal of educating the public about the laws.
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Read More… from New York State open government director speaks at Port Byron
From RecordOnline.com:
MONTICELLO (October 23, 2012) – The Sullivan County Legislature was within its right to hold private presentations by bidders for its tourism-promotion contract, but the county’s refusal to disclose any part of the proposals has no basis in law, a state official said.
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Read More… from N.Y. State open government director rejects Sullivan’s blanket confidentiality claim
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
Michigan schools create their own FOIA interpretations
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Read More… from NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for October 12, 2012
From The Jewish Week:
While Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has repeatedly refused to divulge names of Orthodox child molesters charged or prosecuted though his office’s confidential Kol Tzedek hotline, a spokesman for the DA this week told The Jewish Week that, if presented with a name obtained through other means, his office would confirm whether the individual was reported through Kol Tzedek.
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Read More… from In shift, Brooklyn DA opens window on abusers’ names
From The Journal News
The public’s right to know how government operates — and how it spends taxpayers’ money — supersedes local laws that pledge “confidentiality” and aim to protect the “privacy” of public officials.
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Read More… from Editorial: More local compliance on FOI laws needed
