FAF is now accepting submissions for the Open Government Fellowship The First Amendment Foundation, a small non-profit organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the public’s constitutional right to open government, has a legal fellowship position available for 2L and 3L law students. The Weiss Legal Fellow works directly with the FAF president and staff […]
Coronavirus should bring a season of transparency PAMELA C. MARSH
The Daytona Beach News-Journal by Pamela C. Marsh, President of First Amendment Foundation April 15, 2020 If you aspired to be a great leader, would you send your team into harm’s way with incomplete or inaccurate information? What would happen if you withheld important facts that could have saved lives or changed the outcome? When […]
NFOIC: COVID-19 / Coronavirus Resource Page
The National Freedom of Information Coalition has compiled a list of pandemic information resource pages posted on organization web sites representing journalism, state and local government, NFOIC state coalitions and miscellaneous. This page provides a one-stop-shop to details, facts, figures, and statistics that may be beneficial to your search for content about the pandemic and […]
132 Organizations Sign Statement on Government Coronavirus Emergency Transparency and Public Access
March 20, 2020 As state, tribal and local governments across the United States take measures to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic, executive orders and legislative proposals are calling for the suspension of normal operating procedures including, at times, compliance with open-meeting and public-records laws. We strongly urge government branches and agencies to recommit to, and […]
