From Appealing Brief: Only days before the end of the 2013 legislative session last June, someone (apparently a Fox News reporter) started a false rumor that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore was going to make a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for graphic crime scene photographs of the Sandy Hook massacre and then splash those photographs all over the Internet or movie screens. Michael Moore never made any such request and he never had any intention of making such a request. […]
Tag: connecticut open records
Newtown officials ordered to provide 911 calls to public records panel for review
From The Republic: HARTFORD, Connecticut — A state Freedom of Information commission on Monday ordered Newtown officials to provide it with 911 calls from the day of the shooting inside Sandy Hook Elementary School as it considers an appeal for their release by The Associated Press.
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Conn. bill would keep some Newtown records private
From The Leaf Chronicle: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A plan by Connecticut officials to withhold some Newtown school shooting records from the public would be another blow to government transparency, which has taken hits in other states in recent years, advocates for freedom of information laws say.
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Bill letting Newtown families veto disclosure might raise fairness issues
From Hartford Courant: The secretly drafted bill that would give Newtown massacre victims' families the power to veto disclosure of some investigative records might create a broader precedent — because future crime victims' families could ask for the same power in their less-celebrated cases, the head of the state Freedom of Information Commission said Thursday.
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Town clerk ignoring law over Newtown death certificates
Editorial from Courant.com: Newtown town clerk Debbie Aurelia is not just disregarding state law and years of tradition in withholding death certificates regarding the Dec. 14 Newtown massacre. In this ultimate act of arrogance, she is declaring that she knows best — she is the law.
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Connecticut bill would limit public access to records of Sandy Hook shooting
From Daily News: A bill crafted in secret by Connecticut’s chief prosecutor,governor’s office and legislators would prevent the release of some Newtown school shooting investigation records, including crime scene photos and videos and 911 recordings.
A draft of the proposal was released by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office Wednesday afternoon, a day after the Hartford Courant reported on the efforts to create the bill.
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for April 19, 2013
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NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for April 5, 2013
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Some town clerks, hack pols wage war against public records access
Opinion from New Haven Register:
You know the barriers to public records are getting beyond ludicrous when genealogists and Civil War researchers are considered enemies of the state.
This is just a taste of more to come. It’s looking more and more like Last Rites time for Freedom of Information in Connecticut.
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