News articles about Connecticut FOI and information from the organizations.
08/16/2022 By Eugene Driscoll DERBY — Derby government needs to take a refresher course about the Freedom of Information Act. The city also needs to come up with a simple written policy that gives Read More …
08/14/2022 By Meghan Friedmann A state order for the disclosure of an Old Saybrook police officer’s exit interview is facing a legal challenge. The Old Saybrook Police Department has filed Read More …
By Bill Cummings 06/08/2022 In recent years, records detailing alleged misconduct by officers of the Connecticut State Police – the state’s largest law enforcement agency – were largely shielded from Read More …
06/13/2022 By Bruno Matarazzo Jr. Like most Facebook discussions involving politics, it descended quickly into name calling. Unlike most Facebook posts, it ended with a lawsuit. Nine days after the Read More …
06/12/2022 From the New Haven Register Failing to investigate crimes. Driving while intoxicated. Improper searches. Violating protective orders. These are a few of the misdeeds, some of them criminal in Read More …
By Chris Powell Jun 8, 2022 Government cannot use union contracts with its employees to nullify its basic obligations to the public, a federal appeals court ruled last week in Read More …
05/15/2022 By Eric Bedner Some local police departments are encrypting their radio communications to prevent the public from listening in, which police say is an effort to keep their officers Read More …
The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government is pleased to announce its 2022 Forrest Palmer High School Essay Contest with a first prize of $1,000, a second prize of $500, a Read More …
The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government is excited to announce that Judy Woodruff, the highly respected managing editor and anchor of PBS NewsHour, will be honored with CFOG’s Walter Cronkite Read More …
Three major CT state agencies have used automated software programs, called algorithms, to make policy decisions affecting school funding, removing children from families, and hiring state workers, but are unable Read More …
