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.
AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS
public information
COP BLOCK: CHICOPEE POLICE CLAIM JOURNALISM IS AN ATTACK ON THEIR DEPARTMENT
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.”
A CHICKEN FOR EVERY COP
The Western Mass police department that has hosted more than two-dozen events at Chick-fil-A
THE FOILIES 2019: RECOGNIZING THE YEAR’S WORST IN GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY
“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.”
BROKEN RECORDS: MONKEY WRENCHING
A rare win on the public records front in Mass
EXPECT DELAYS: IN MASS, WE NOW HAVE TO WAIT MONTHS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS
The fact is that the update makes it easy and legal for agencies to delay for months and leaves it entirely possible that any agency or municipality can lawfully delay providing records indefinitely.
PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
The animal rights group PETA is set to argue an important case that will determine the limits of the so-called public safety exemption to the public records law
BROKEN RECORDS: KAFKACHUSETTS
Mass AG shows just how useless public info laws are, but change is possible
THREAT LEVEL: HYPOTHETICAL
It was a standard public information request … until the state set up a maze to block one intrepid reporter’s access to records
BROKEN RECORDS: WHAT THE FOIA?!
Who do you call when the cops rip you off?
