School district responds to Hour's Freedom of Information request
November 12, 2008: The Norwalk Public School district has responded with a one-sentence letter to the Freedom of Information request submitted by The Hour seeking the district's files on Stacy Lore, the executive director of Spectrum Kids, LLC. The FOI sought proof of Lore's professional credentials and evidence that the district verified those credentials before it hired her firm to provide autism therapy for children in the district. Read the full article here.
IT dispute continues: Town faces second FOI complaint in two months
October 30, 2008: The town’s former Internet services provider has filed a complaint with the state’s Freedom of Information Commission alleging that the town’s Technology Committee may have violated FOI laws during its process of choosing a new vendor for those services earlier this year. Read the full article here.
Hartford, Mayor Fight FOI Ruling
October 28, 2008: The city of Hartford and Mayor Eddie A. Perez have filed an appeal in Superior Court seeking a stay and a reversal of the state Freedom of Information Commission's September ruling that Perez broke the law when he convened closed-door meetings to discuss corporate support for a new downtown arena.
The commission's ruling included a $500 civil penalty for Perez, a recommendation that he and city Corporation Counsel John Rose attend a workshop on the Freedom of Information Act and that the city release minutes from all the arena task force's meetings. Read the full article here.
New media experts frustrated at officials' lack of support for new Web law
October 10, 2008: Darryl Ohrt had a hard time containing his frustration after learning some towns in the state were pulling the plug on their government Web sites because of a new state law requiring towns and cities to post agendas and meeting minutes online in a timely fashion.
"It is infuriating to read. That is just ridiculous," said Ohrt, who runs Plaid, a new media marketing firm in Danbury.
A law that went into effective Oct. 1 in Connecticut requires municipalities to post minutes of their government meetings on the town's Web site within seven days of the meeting. Read the full article here.
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