Without benefit of public hearing or even public notice, the legislature has ended the transcription of public hearings. WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS DECISION AND URGE THAT FUNDING FOR TRANSCRIPTION BE IMMEDIATELY RESTORED. (Read More)
Category Archives: transparency
Vexatious FOI complaints subject of new law – The Wilton Bulletin
06/20/18 – By Tony Spinelli
Citizens who routinely and repeatedly file Freedom of Information complaints over thin reasons are the subjects of a new law passed by the state legislature and signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy June 7. (Read More)
Unhealthy Secrecy Surrounds Faculty Records In State University System – Hartford Courant
06/17/18 – Editorial
An unhealthy secrecy surrounds faculty records in the Connecticut State University System. Those records are off-limits to the taxpayers who employ the professors. (Read More)
Stonington dismisses employee’s complaints about public works director – The Day
06/14/18 – By Joe Wojtas
Stonington — Highway Department employee Dan Oliverio said Thursday that the town’s 2-month-long investigation into his allegation that he is being unfairly targeted by Public Works Director Barbara McKrell did not substantiate the charges he made. (Read More)
Thousands of Waterbury 911 Calls Deleted During Software Upgrade: Police – NBC Connecticut
06/12/18 – By Sujata Jain
Thousands of 911 calls were erased from the Waterbury Police Department’s hard drive during a software update, according to the interim police chief. (Read More)
Lawmakers Stand Firm On Elimination of Public Hearing Transcripts – CT News Junkie
06/07/18 – By Christine Stuart
HARTFORD, CT — Good government advocates continued this week to criticize legislative leaders for ending the practice of transcribing public hearings, but at least two legislative leaders have defended it. (Read More)
Eliminating transcripts draws the shades on government a little more – Connecticut Mirror, Hartford
06/07/18 – By Michele Jacklin and Jeffrey Daniels
Continuing their effort to draw the shade over the window of government accountability and transparency, General Assembly leaders have abandoned the longstanding practice of routinely transcribing the testimony presented at hundreds of public hearings held during legislative sessions. (Read More)
End of committee hearing transcripts criticized – Waterbury Republican-American
06/06/18 – By Paul Hughes
HARTFORD — Open government advocates are criticizing General Assembly leaders for saving $100,000 a year in the state budget by ending the long-standing practice of transcribing committee hearings. The Connecticut Council on Freedom of Information is urging top Democratic and Republican lawmakers to reverse the decision along with state Freedom of Information Commission and Common Cause Connecticut. (Read More)
Bloomfield’s Blue Hills Fire Chief Robert Farmer Relieved Of Duties – Hartford Courant
04/05/18 – By Steven Goode
The Blue Hills Board of Fire Commissioners abruptly relieved Blue Hills Fire Chief Robert Farmer of his duties at its monthly meeting Wednesday. [Read More]
Trump administration unfurls a veil of secrecy – USA Today
03/09/18 – By Editorial Board
The whole world is privy to President Trump’s innermost thoughts almost any time of the day or night via his frequently erupting Twitter account. [Read More]