freedom of information

Sunshine Open Public Meetings. Boston City Council Committees.

by Dan Ring
dring at repub.com
"We made a mistake, a simple mistake," he said.

More than 30 years after passage of the law, that's an all-too-common refrain among municipal leaders.

In one of the most egrigious cases, the Boston City Council was fined $11,000 in 2006 by a Superior Court judge for repeated violations of the law spanning about two years.

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Public records. FOI. Freedom of Information. City Hall. city government.

Public information of city government isn't available for people pursuing their civic interests. An example of an appeal...

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by John Markoff. Boston Public Library. Scanning Boston documents. Digital archives.

By John Markoff
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/27/business/library.php

The Boston Public Library is also interested in scanning local Boston and Massachusetts documents and is in the process of creating its own digital archive.

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