ALBUQUERQUE –  The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (“NMFOG”) today renewed its request for a court order directing the release of the full audit of the New Mexico behavioral health providers prepared for the New Mexico Human Services Department by a private consulting group. In a motion to show cause filed with District Court Judge Read More …

FOG crossed international borders this spring after meeting with a delegation of Iraqi government officials in Albuquerque to discuss open government policies.   The delegation, which included seven high level government officials from Iraq and their three translators, traveled to the U.S. to meet with different political agencies and organizations to learn about how  government Read More …

          ALBUQUERQUE—The most frequent questions and compaints received on the New Mexico Foundation  for Open Government  hotline this year involve unreasonable charges for public records and videos,  incomplete meeting agendas and overuse of the law enforcement and personnel exceptions to  the Inspection of Public Records Act. (IPRA). NMFOG also addressed a number Read More …

Albuquerque—The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, FOG, has urged the justices on the state’s Supreme Court to ensure that records from the Bernalillo County  Metropolitan Court remain available to the public online. In a letter sent last  to the state’s highest court, FOG expressed concern about the Metro Court’s transfer of data to the Read More …