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FOG is hiring an executive director

05/09/2013
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If you are passionate about OPEN Government, and would be interested in working to strengthen public access and educate the public and public officials about sunshine laws, join us.  The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government is looking for an executive director to lead our statewide effort to foster a culture of transparency and accountability. We have had enormous success in our 22-year ... Read More

Legislature approves 72-hour notice for meeting agendas

03/16/2013
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by Gwyneth Doland

Transparency in New Mexico took one important step forward on the last day of Sunshine Week, as the state Legislature moved to increase notice of public meetings across the state.

House Bill 21 (read it here), sponsored by Rep. Jim Smith (R-Sandia Park) and Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (D-Albuquerque), requires public bodies to post the agendas of their meetings 72 hours in advance. (Yes, weekends co... Read More


State Constitution does not shield lawmakers' email

03/10/2013
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by Gwyneth Doland

The New Mexico state constitution does not give state lawmakers any special exemption from the open records law that has applied to all public officials since 1994, despite claims to the contrary by state representatives. That's according to an NMFOG analysis of HCR 1, a proposal to shield lawmakers' email from disclosure under the  Inspection of Public Records Act. The measure i... Read More


OMA violations must be corrected promptly and publicly

01/14/2013
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by Gwyneth Doland

To err is human; to be transparent about it, divine. It's no surprise that from time to time, officials make mistakes in conducting public meetings. But when mistakes are made, the public deserves to see those mistakes addressed and corrected as quickly as possible, the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government says.

Any member of the public can notify a public body--such as a ci... Read More


NMFOG Position on Use of Private Email Accounts

01/04/2013
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by Gwyneth Doland

 

It has long been our understanding that a public record is a public record no matter where it is physically located—whether a report sits in a filing cabinet in the office or in an employee’s briefcase at home, for example.

These days we all have fewer pieces of paper in filing cabinets and briefcases and more documents sitting in our laptops, phones—and in the cloud. But th... Read More


 
 
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