Our official statement regarding today's meeting with Gov. Raimondo's staff:
In response to a letter sent by ACCESS/RI, American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, Rhode Island Press Association, New England First Amendment Coalition, and League of Women Voters of Rhode Island to Gov. Gina Raimondo on October 6, members of the Governor’s office staff held a meeting with the organizations today to discuss the administration’s handling of open records requests. The organizations released the following statement about today’s meeting:
“We appre
Statement: Call to Gov. Raimondo for transparency
We are proud to join with ACCESS/RI, The Rhode Island ACLU, The New England First Amendment Coalition and the League of Women Voters of Rhode Island on this issue. ======= AFTER STRING OF “INADEQUATE” OPEN RECORDS RESPONSES, GROUPS CALL ON GOV. RAIMONDO TO PROMOTE GREATER TRANSPARENCY Citing a recent “pattern of disturbingly inadequate” responses to open records requests “on truly critical matters of public import,” five open government organizations have called on Governor G
