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Records Crisis Deepens In Mass Following Devastating State Ruling

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted May 2, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

The case pertains to an investigation into the use of rodenticides by government agencies

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Beacon Hill, features, FOIA, news, news to us, public records

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE FOILIES 2022

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 30, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, FOIA, news, Sunshine, transparency

A WIN FOR TRANSPARENCY AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN MASS

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted February 8, 2022 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“We don’t go into things looking to file lawsuits, but when we feel like people have not followed the law, we challenge them.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: FOIA, Massachusetts, Police, public records, Worcester

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE FOILIES 2021

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 28, 2021 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Recognizing the Year's Worst in Government Transparency 

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: features, FOIA, news, news to us

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

While there have indeed been formal requests made for public information and several articles written about CPD misconduct, it is news to us that we are on the “attack.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted November 4, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Chick-fil-A

The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A

Filed Under: FEATURES, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, LGBTQ, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, western Mass

THE FOILIES 2019: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 16, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

“Like the time we knocked out two English papers, a science experiment, and built the White House out of sugar cubes,” Evan said. “It opened up our Sunday for filing Freedom of Information requests.”

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FOIA, government transparency, Kennedy assassination, MuckRock, public information, public records, Sunshine, Sunshine Week

F.I.G.H.T. SUBOXONE: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

Written by Posted February 12, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

suboxone massachusetts

By 2014, it was a full-court press, with Suboxone lobbyists pushing more than 10 bills on Beacon Hill

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: BINJ, donations, F.I.G.H.T., fight, FIGHT Opiates, FOIA, Johnny Hickey, Journalism, lobbyists, money, OCPF, opiates, opioids, Oxy Morons, Oxycontin, Reckitt, Suboxone

THE FOILIES 2018: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY

Written by ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION Posted March 13, 2018 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

In its fourth year, The Foilies recognizes the worst responses to records requests, outrageous efforts to stymie transparency and the most absurd redactions.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FOIA, FOILIES, Freedom of Information Act, Sunshine Week, transparency

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