The Board of Directors of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG) has named Shannon Kunkel as the new Executive Director of the organization beginning Jan. 3, 2022. Kunkel is an Albuquerque native who graduated with honors from the University of New Mexico, where she studied journalism, advertising and marketing. Her past employment includes Read More …
This letter was sent to the leadership in the New Mexico Legislature on Dec. 15, 2021 December 15, 2021 Hon. Peter Wirth sent via email peter.wirth@nmlegis.govNew Mexico LegislatureSanta Fe, NM Dear Senator Wirth, Transparency is at the heart of everything we do at the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (FOG). The New Mexico’s Legislature Read More …
By Heather Ferguson, Executive Director, Common Cause New Mexico, NMFOG Board Member Ever since the 1970s, when Americans woke up to the dangers of government secrecy thanks to Watergate and Vietnam, the value of transparency in public policymaking has become more and more apparent. Bad things are more likely to happen in darkness, not Read More …