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2016 Volume II, Issue I

CFOG honors attorney Floyd Abrams with its sixth Walter Cronkite Freedom of Information Award

Where We Live

UCONN Board of Trustees violated state Freedom of Information Act

President’s Column

CFOG, others partnering in Free Speech project

Lights, Action, Camera: All three branches of government would be converence by enhanced CT-N

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State FOIC, Watchdog Agencies Would Be Decimated by Proposed Cuts

Commission’s resignation comes two days after FIO request

CFOG 2016 High School Essay Contest

Connecticut Supreme Court ruled records of teacher misconduct are public

Q&A with Forrest C. Palmer, George A. Krimsky and Tom Crider

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    • Chicago Tribune highlights private citizens using state’s FOIA to reveal information, change laws April 9, 2021
      An April 2, 2021, Chicago Tribune article by Courtney Kueppers demonstrates how private citizens using the Illinois Freedom of Information Act can “shape public discourse and change laws.”...More
    • Wisconsin court says business group cannot block COVID-19 data April 9, 2021
      A Wisconsin appeals court panel on Monday, April 5, ruled that a business association cannot stop the state health department from releasing data about businesses linked to COVID-19 cases. The state’s Supreme Court still could prevent the release of the records, if it takes the case. The National Freedom of Information Coalition had signed an...More
    • Dates, locations set for 2021, 2022 and 2023 FOI Summits April 5, 2021
      The National Freedom of Information Coalition has scheduled its 2021, 2022 and 2023 FOI Summits. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 FOI Summit will be conducted virtually, Sept. 24-Oct. 1. More details will come soon, so please keep checking this website and NFOIC’s social media and newsletter. The 2022 FOI Summit is scheduled for...More
    • NFOIC announces competition for 2021 Freedom of Information papers April 5, 2021
      Do you have research in freedom of information that will make a difference? Then submit your proposal to the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s research paper competition for presentation during the 2021 FOI Summit. Top-three papers will earn cash prizes and will be guaranteed publication in the online Journal of Civic Information, published by the...More
    • NFOIC signs brief urging release of New Jersey corrections officer’s settlement agreement April 2, 2021
      The National Freedom of Information Coalition, along with a dozen other organizations, joined a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press amicus brief in a New Jersey case concerning access to settlement agreements between public employees and public agencies. Libertarians for Transparent Government sought a settlement agreement between a former corrections officer and Cumberland County,...More
    • Jane Briggs-Bunting, ‘fearless’ journalist and Michigan coalition founder, dies at 70 April 2, 2021
      Jane Briggs-Bunting, a journalist, educator and First Amendment champion who co-founded the Michigan Coalition for Open Government, died Tuesday, March 23 at age 70. “Jane didn’t shy away from fights that needed to be fought,” former student Meg O’Brien told the Detroit Free Press. “She emphasized that journalism wasn’t a popularity contest and trained us...More
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        • 2017 CFOG Essay Contest First Place Winner – Michelle Xiong
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