Privacy v. Transparency: Maintaining the Delicate Balance

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Friday, May 3, 2019 8:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. The Riverhouse at Goodspeed StationHaddam, Connecticut Sponsored byConnecticut Freedom of Information Commission Connecticut Foundation for Open Government Connecticut Council on Freedom Read More …

Plans for a $100 million State Pier project, filling in acres of dock space, are secret

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04/02/19 – By David Collins The Connecticut Port Authority is considering a $100 million grand remaking of State Pier, including filling seven acres of dock space between the existing pier Read More …

Editorial: Police secrecy bill should be defeated – The Litchfield County Times

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03/13/19 – By Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board The public does not need more secrecy from police. If anything, there should be less. (Read More)

Governor joins campaign to hide criminal records – Journal Inquirer

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03/13/19 – Chris Powell Governor Lamont seems to have joined those who think justice requires concealing criminal records. (Read More)

Seized evidence should not be kept secret – Connecticut Mirror

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03/11/19 – By Michael Savino The Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information advocates, on behalf of the news media and other open government advocates, to preserve the public’s right to Read More …

Bill would allow too much police secrecy – The Day of New London

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03/10/19 – By The Day Editorial Board Imagine that the son of a local politician is arrested on charges that the business he operates is a front for illegal drugs Read More …

Editorial: Police investigations are, and must remain, public – Hartford Courant

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03/10/19 – By Editorial The Connecticut Supreme Court got it right in October when it ruled that documents seized in the course of a police investigation are public. But now, a bill in Read More …

Transparency helps public understand actions of police – Meriden Record-Journal

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03/08/19 – Editorial A proposed bill seeking an exemption from state Freedom of Information laws would greatly hinder the public’s right to know. In the interests of transparency it should Read More …

Top prosecutor says bill that would have kept Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza’s writings secret is needed to protect privacy rights – Hartford Courant

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03/06/19 – by Dave Altimari Chief State’s Attorney Kevin Kane told legislators Wednesday he was surprised the state Supreme Court released Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza’s private documents and that Read More …

Police Secrecy Bill Should Be Defeated – Danbury News-Times

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03/06/19 – By Hearst Connecticut Media Group Editorial Board The public does not need more secrecy from police. If anything, there should be less. (Read More)