Georgia’s annual legislative session ended on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Click here for the highs and lows of the transparency and First Amendment bills that passed through the General Assembly this year. Check back frequently because GFAF will ask the Governor to veto some bills, and we will post our correspondence here.
News
- Deadline is extended to May 20 for NFOIC’s fourth annual FOI Research Competition
- Study finds more tax-subsidy transparency, but still ‘room for improvement’
- As he tries to save lives of those in recovery, Virginia advocate is denied the state data he needs
- New Jersey township backtracks, drops lawsuit against woman, 82, for filing records requests
- NFOIC begins transfer of admin duties to Virginia coalition, renews focus on members
- Access to police-camera footage must improve, open-government advocates say
- After police shot and killed her son, mother uses open records laws to find answers, spark change
- Tracking transparency across the nation: Monitoring bills of interest in state legislatures