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First Amendment Foundation President Barbara Petersen To Retire

Florida lawmakers want search for university presidents to be secret. Bad idea | Opinion

Miami Herald by Pamela C. Marsh, President of the First Amendment Foundation February 14, 2020 Your state legislators are considering a bill that should be called the University President Secret … Keep reading

Sunshine Manual Pre-Sale

The 2020 Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual is now available for Pre-Sale. The 2020 version should be ready-to-ship mid-February, so click the links below to move forward with your … Keep reading

New Leader Of First Amendment Foundation Ready To Tackle Public Records And Fake News

WFSU by Gina Jordan December 18, 2019 The Tallahassee-based First Amendment Foundation has a new leader. Pamela Marsh took over this month from the retiring Barbara Petersen, who will stick … Keep reading

The First Amendment Foundation proudly announces the beginning of the Honorable Sandy D’Alemberte First Amendment Foundation Student Membership

This year, the state of Florida, the FSU community, the Law School and the First Amendment Foundation lost a great friend and ally in the passing of Sandy D'Alemberte. He was a senator. He became dean … Keep reading

Florida First Amendment Foundation names new leader

News Service of Florida October 21, 2019 TALLAHASSEE ― Former U.S. Attorney Pamela Marsh will become president of the First Amendment Foundation on Dec. 1, the open-government group has … Keep reading

Pamela Marsh named president of First Amendment Foundation

Associated Press October 19, 2019 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Pamela Marsh, a former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, will become the new president of the First Amendment … Keep reading

ICYMI: First Amendment Foundation Announces Former United States Attorney Pamela Marsh to Succeed President Barbara Petersen

For Immediate Release: October 21, 2019 Contact: Katie Bohnett katie@floridafaf.org 850-224-4555 TALLAHASSEE – The First Amendment Foundation is pleased to announce that Pamela Marsh, the … Keep reading

LoMonte: Florida university presidential searches musn’t be done in secret

Palm Beach Post by Frank LoMonte February 26, 2020 Being the president of a public university is like being the mayor of a good-sized city. You oversee a budget that can top $6 billion a year … Keep reading

Will your vote count? Florida’s secrecy about election security makes it nearly impossible to know

Naples Daily News by Jeffrey Schweers, Tallahassee Democrat February 25, 2020 Florida's March 17 presidential primary will be a referendum on state and county elections officials’ efforts to build … Keep reading

FL lawmakers promote secrecy, while citizens remain in the dark

Florida Phoenix by Lucy Morgan February 25, 2020 Some Florida legislators want more privacy. They’d like to live secretly, in houses where no one can find them. Yes, as dumb as this sounds, … Keep reading

Three JEA bidders sue to keep secret the dollar amounts of their offers

Florida Times-Union by David Bauerlein February 20, 2020 NextEra Energy, Duke Energy and American Water Works joined forces in a suit aimed at blocking JEA from publicly releasing the dollar … Keep reading

Florida tells mail voters to put personal information on outside of ballot envelopes, where it can be seen — or taken — by anyone

South Florida Sun-Sentinel by Anthony Man February 21, 2020 Floridians voting by mail in 2020 elections are being asked to put their email addresses and home and mobile phone numbers, along … Keep reading

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First Amendment Foundation President Barbara Petersen To Retire

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