transparency

PRESS RELEASE: Pioneer Contends the Legislature’s Self-Exemption from the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law is Unconstitutional and Requested an Informal Advisory Opinion from the Attorney General’s Office Related press coverage: Boston Herald: Chabot: Transparency watchdog takes aim at AG; Associated Press: Group: Lawmakers’ open meeting...

While it’s possible that 2016 will see an historic surge in policies and laws that promote transparency in Massachusetts, the odds are we won’t see a quantum leap. But as we dig deeper into the draft of the public records reform bill...

State Senator Jamie Eldridge is on to something.  The State House News Service recently reported that he filed a bill to bring greater transparency to the legislative process by establishing an agency similar to the Congressional Budget Office to put a concrete...

Yesterday’s Boston Globe editorial has it right – the time for the legislature to act on meaningful public records reform is now, while at least a modicum of momentum remains for its enactment.  Waiting much longer likely signals the bill’s death knell....