by K B | Jul 18, 2019 | News
By Richard T. Griffiths Let’s all sing together: “Let the sunshine in!” As a group of us huddled in a conference room preparing a sixth edition of our Red Book, the lyrics of a song from the 1967 musical Hair bubbled up in my consciousness, with its warning about how,...
by K B | Apr 3, 2019 | News
Hyde Post, who helped found the Georgia First Amendment Foundation in 1994, was inducted into the National Freedom of Information Coalition’s Open Government Hall of Fame April 13 at the organization’s annual FOI Summit in Dallas. The honor reflects Post’s long and...
by K B | Feb 4, 2019 | News
Register now for the 28th Annual Georgia Bar Media & Judiciary Conference, scheduled 9 a.m. to 5 pm. on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, at the State Bar of Georgia Conference Center in downtown Atlanta. Sessions will explore emerging First Amendment issues in the courts,...
by K B | Jan 14, 2019 | News
Following foundation’s court filing supporting City of Decatur lawsuit, board resolves open records and meetings concerns Georgia’s Immigration Enforcement Review Board pledged to operate more transparently as part of a court settlement with the City of Decatur and...
by K B | Dec 16, 2018 | News
Reflecting on a year of transparency challenges and opportunities. As 2018 comes to a close, Georgians can look ahead to a more transparent future. The biggest news: What started as an ugly records fight between news organizations and the City of Atlanta led to the...