The New Jersey Foundation for Open Government ("NJFOG") seeks to increase transparency, accountability, honesty and democracy in government at all levels by defending and expanding public access to government records and meetings. Read More
Report violations of the Open Public Records Act and Open Public Meetings Act to info@njfog.org. A representative of NJFOG will respond to you.
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EVENTS  
Matthew Boxer, New Jersey's first independent state comptroller, was the keynote speaker at a September 25 symposium on open government. Read more and/or View the symposium on line.
NEWS ARTICLES
Bloggers want to post Mount Olive BOE expenditures online The Daily Record, October 31, 2009 Two community bloggers have taken the school board to task on its fiscal transparency, pledging to post school spending documents online that the board has said it would not. Read More.
Daily Record obtains records after 15-month effort The Daily Record, October 14, 2009 Former town administrator Bibi Stewart Garvin received a buyout package worth nearly $250,000 to resign her position before her contract expired, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Daily Record after a 15-month effort through the Open Public Records Act. Read More.
Judge tosses closed meeting lawsuit against Scotch Plains council The Star-Ledger, October 09, 2009 A Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Scotch Plains Democratic party chairman, who claimed the mayor and township council illegally closed a number of meetings to discuss the 2009 budget. Read More.
PRESS RELEASES
Court finds NJ Government Records Council in violation of Open Public Records Act New Jersey Foundation for Open Government challenged GRC's withholding of email addresses of individuals filing OPRA complaints with the GRC. Read More
Tim OBrien Award for Best Investigative Reporting Using the New Jersey Open Public Records Act announced. Read More
Sen. Loretta Weinberg spoke at a seminar on fixing NJ's outmoded Open Public Meetings Act.Read More
NJ Government Records Council sued for violating state's Open Public Records Act. Read More
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their government, for whenever things go so far wrong as to attract their notice, they can be relied on to set things right. -Thomas Jefferson |
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