Stories being re-aired by CT-N on March 6 at 7:30 a.m. and throughout next week between legislative business

If you or your friends missed the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government’s “Stories Behind the Big Stories” event last month, you can watch it on Monday, March 6 at 7:30 Read More …

How to Access Public Records and Public Meetings

Kate Farrish, a CFOG board member and an assistant professor of journalism at Central Connecticut State University, is inviting people who are in the New Britain area on Wednesday, March Read More …

The Day: Thin excuses for keeping the public in the dark

From the Day, New London 01/22/2023 At a Jan. 3 proceeding conducted by a Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission hearing officer, an attorney for the Connecticut Port Authority was pressed Read More …

Wielding FOI Act, columnist Collins made his mark – The Day, New London

By Brian Hallenback 01/21/23 For David Collins, The Day’s columnist, 2022 was a typically impactful year. He weighed in on the Connecticut Port Authority’s role in transforming State Pier in Read More …

Video taken at town halls fails as citizen journalism – Journal Inquirer

By Chris Powell 01/09/2023 Because of the First Amendment, anyone in the United States can be a journalist at any time — no training or licensing required. Because of Connecticut’s Read More …

Stamford Democrats to Interview Candidates for Open Seat on Board of Ed – CT Examiner

By Angela Carella 01/06/2023 Paul Arvoy is the father of four children who went through Stamford Public Schools, and a fifth who is in high school now. Arvoy, himself a Read More …

Lamont’s corruption-plagued port authority still fighting transparency – The Day, New London

By David Collins 01/07/2023 You would think that Gov. Ned Lamont, with his administration under multiple criminal investigations focused on hundreds of millions of dollars in public spending, would try Read More …

Check out the winners of the First Pearlman FOI Award

The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG) is pleased to announce that a former state comptroller, a state official, a clinic at Yale Law School and a columnist for The Read More …

Feds conduct wide-ranging criminal investigation of port authority – The Day

08/18/2022 By David Collins A federal grand jury has subpoenaed six years of Connecticut Port Authority records pertaining to a wide-ranging investigation of the quasi-public agency’s business, from its comprehensive Read More …