Gov. Peter Shumlin – National Freedom of Information Coalition

Vermont falls behind on disclosure of public records requests

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The log of public records requests that Vermont law requires the administration to keep up to date went more than a year without updating.

As of Tuesday morning, the Department of Information and Innovation had not updated a log of requests made under the Vermont Public Records Act since March 2015. Additionally, it appears the Shumlin administration never sent an annual report detailing such requests that was due Jan. 15.

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Memo to Vermont state workers: Call Gov. first before talking

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A memo directing state commissioners, agency secretaries and their employees to call Gov. Peter Shumlin’s office before they respond to media inquiries was never intended to muzzle anybody, according to the governor’s office.

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