From Wicked Local Swansea:
Attorney General Martha Coakley has posted all Open Meeting Law rulings by the Division of Open Government on an interactive online database.
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NFOIC’s FOI Friday for January 6, 2012
A few open government and FOIA news items from the last couple days that we might not have drawn attention to earlier:
Expert: Anaheim records policy violates state law
The Anaheim Planning Department's records retention policy violates state law by asking employees to purge certain city records before they are old enough to be legally destroyed, Voice of OC's open-government consultant, Terry Francke, said Wednesday.
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Utah board’s banter reveals loophole in open meetings law
From Salt Lake Tribune:
Debate over Utah’s Open and Public Meetings Act — specifically on how to get around it — enlivened recent meetings of the staid Defined Contribution Risk Adjuster Board, or RAB.
The discussion offered an unusually candid glimpse at a ploy used by government entities to skirt the law: meeting without a quorum in closed subcommittees.
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Weymouth (Ma.) committees accused of Open Meeting Law violations
Rapid City Council spends more time in executive session than any city in South Dakota
From Rapid City Journal.com:
Although many of the incumbents in next month’s mayor and city council races pledge they are proponents of open, transparent government, they operate the most closed-door city council sessions in South Dakota.
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Residents form group to seek meeting minutes
From Quad-City Times:
CLINTON (IA) — A group of Clinton residents is working with the American Civil Liberties Union to gain access to minutes of closed city council meetings where the city’s $4.5 million settlement of a whistle-blower lawsuit was discussed.
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