Over the years, Florida lawmakers have steadily chipped away at their constituents’ constitutional right of access to government by approving hundreds of exceptions to the state’s open-records and open-meetings laws. But now a couple of lawmakers are proposing to trade in their chisels for sledgehammers. [Read More]
Press Release -The First Amendment Foundation Will Add Offices at The Poynter Institute and Partner on Training Programs and Events
PRESS RELEASE December 18, 2015 St. Petersburg, Florida ‘Sunshine’ Certificate, seminars and other open-records events highlight 2016 training PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 18, 2015) – The First Amendment Foundation, a 31-year-old nonprofit organization dedicated to open government in Florida, announced today that it will add offices and move its administrative management from Tallahassee to The Poynter […]
Scott and Cabinet got ‘casual’ about Sunshine Law, CFO says – Tampa Bay Times
By Steve Bousquet Gov. Rick Scott and Florida’s three elected Cabinet members are going back to school next month. They have agreed to give themselves a refresher course in public records and open meetings laws after months of controversy involving multiple allegations that the laws were skirted or violated, resulting in the payment of more […]
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