Posts Tagged ‘APRA’
APRA info requests must be readily accessible says RI Attorney General in advisory opinion
Public bodies cannot only accept requests via fax – use of email/digital tech encouraged Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued an advisory opinion concerning the methods by which a public body may accept Access to Public Records Requests (APRA) from members of the public. The APRA is Rhode Island’s statutory framework to ensure the public’s right…
Read MoreRhode Island Foundation offers “big ideas” for RI’s $1.1 billion
The RI Foundation announcement caps a six-month-long, rigorous research and public input process to identify “big ideas” with long-term benefits, especially for those impacted the most by the pandemic, to guide decision-making by state leaders The Rhode Island Foundation today released recommendations for spending $1.1 billion in broad stimulus funding the state is receiving from…
Read More7 Organizations Call on RI Governor to repeal Executive Order delaying access to public records…
Calling Governor Gina Raimondo’s two-and-a-half-month old executive order giving public bodies extra time to respond to open records requests “unwarranted and extremely damaging to the public interest,” seven media and open government organizations today called on her to immediately rescind the order. The Access to Public Records Act gives public bodies ten business days to respond…
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