Maine Freedom of Information Coalition

  • New Law Requires Elected Officials to Get Training on Maine’s Freedom of Access Laws

    June 4, 2008 STATE OF MAINERIGHT TO KNOW ADVISORY COMMITTEE HON. BARRY J. HOBBINS – CHAIR, HON. DEBORAH L. SIMPSON, SHENNA BELLOWS, KARLA BLACK, ROBERT DEVLIN, MARK DION, RICHARD FLEWELLING, JAMES T. GLESSNER, SUZANNE GOUCHER,MAL LEARY,JUDY MEYER,MAUREEN O’BRIEN, LINDA PISTNER,HARRY PRINGLE,CHRIS SPRUCE Beginning July 1, 2008, certain elected state and local officials must complete training on the requirements of…

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  • Access law comes of age

    June 4, 2008 MEGHAN V. MALLOYKennebec Journal Staff Writer A state senator who leads the state’s open-records committee says “good progress” has been made in establishing a transparent government. Sen. Barry Hobbins, D-Saco, chairman of the Right To Know Advisory Committee, said the 123rd Legislature was the committee’s “first real venture into recommending legislation.” Legislation…

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  • Rep. Koffman, Sen. Rotundo honored with inaugural Sunshine Awards

    March 20, 2008 AUGUSTA – The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition honored Rep. Ted Koffman, D-BarHarbor, and Sen. Peggy Rotundo, D-Androscoggin, Thursday with its inaugural Sunshine Award. The legislators served as co-chairs of the first two legislative Freedom of Information Study Committees. The study committee made significant positive changes to Maine’s right to know law,…

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  • Remarks on the award of the 2008 MFOIC Sunshine Awards

    March 20, 2008 By Mal Leary, President MFOIC It’s appropriate on this first day of spring that Maine joins with groups across the country celebrating Sunshine in Government Week. The Maine Freedom of Information Coalition was founded eight years ago by individuals and groups concerned about openness in government, or the lack of openness. Groups…

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  • Right to Know Advisory Committee Makes Progress on Transparency Laws

    March 18 2008 News from the Maine Senate Majority Office Senator Barry Hobbinshttp://www.mainesenate.org/hobbins AUGUSTA -The chair of the Legislature’s Right to Know Advisory Committee, Senator Barry Hobbins, D-YorkCounty, said that the committee continues to meet and is making progress on two pieces of legislation hoping to improve Maine’s Freedom of Access laws. The 16-member advisory…

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