For the seventh year, the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government will hold a panel discussion of top Connecticut journalists telling how they landed the major news stories in the state Read More ...

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2022 CFOG Essay Contest News Release West Haven, Avon and St. Joseph of Trumbull win top prizes; honorable mentions to Greenwich, Nonnewaug Norwich and Rocky Hill Morgan Montz, a Read More ...
The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government relies on contributions from those interested in the open conduct of public policy. To obtain funds needed for its programs, the foundation also applies Read More ...
The Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG) believes in the principle that open, transparent government is in the public interest. Some of our current board members share their thoughts… “Why 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 …
For the sixth straight year, the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government (CFOG) will convene a panel of top Connecticut journalists discussing how they landed the major news stories of 2021. Read More …
10/14/2021 By Michael Gagner MERIDEN — The City Council agreed to pay $705,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against the city by its former City Manager Guy Scaife, according Read More …