Written by Michael Morisy. What’s in Massachusetts’ updated public records law H.B. 4333 revises fees, deadlines, and more
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IF Programming. IF Materials. Grey Literature.
Please look into developing intellectual freedom programming and materials for our public library reference desk department in Cambridge about intellectual freedom and grey literature.
Deflecting. Delay. Denial.
Our Reference Desk Department deflected, delayed, denied access to our municipal public documents.
Information policies. Presentation of services.
by Dan Ring
dring at repub.com
"We made a mistake, a simple mistake," he said.
More than 30 years after passage of the law, that's an all-too-common refrain among municipal leaders.
In one of the most egrigious cases, the Boston City Council was fined $11,000 in 2006 by a Superior Court judge for repeated violations of the law spanning about two years.
Public information of city government isn't available for people pursuing their civic interests. An example of an appeal...
ENSE PETIT PLACIDAM SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Massachusetts
The Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth
Public Records Division
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcrmu/rmuidx.htm
Alan N. Cote
Supervisor of Records
pre at sec.state.ma.us
By John Markoff
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/27/business/li...
The Boston Public Library is also interested in scanning local Boston and Massachusetts documents and is in the process of creating its own digital archive.
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