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Dixon Winners Deserve Gold
Join us as we celebrate almost three decades of open government advocacy at the 2017 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Awards luncheon on Wednesday, October 4, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque. The awards have been presented since 2002 in memory of FOG co-founder and longtime board member William Read More …
Nominate a Transparency Champion for a William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Award
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government (“FOG’”) is accepting nominations for its 2017 William S. Dixon First Amendment Freedom Awards. The awards, which recognize individuals or organizations in New Mexico who champion open government in the areas of business, law, education, government, journalism and citizen advocacy, will be presented to winners during FOG’s annual Read More …
#OpenGov news and brews; You can’t lose
Join FOG President Greg Williams for a discussion about #opengov issues with NM Fishbowl journalist Daniel Libert and New Mexico Political Report’s Andy Lyman at Rob’s Place at O’Niell’s Pub in Nob Hill on July 8, 2017. Libert will explain why he’s suing the University of New Mexico and the challenges he’s had accessing Read More …
Speak Up! Guidelines for developing viewpoint-neutral public comment policies
A lof people around Albuquerque are talking about the Open Meetings Act today after a controversial vote to once again fund the water utility authority’s program that adds fluoride to the water supply without first notifying the public or listing it on the public meeting agenda as required by state law. When lawmakers declared Open Read More …
SFR Designates FOG Photo Auction Beneficiary
We love Taco Tuesday’s as much as everyone, but this coming Tuesday (April 25) meet us at the Santa Fe Reporter’s Annual Manual Photo Contest Auction. All the stunning images are suitable to mount as large format art on any wall. What can we say? Bring a lot of money and bid a bunch, after Read More …
Building refuge for federal climate & environmental data
Join FOG at the University of New Mexico’s first ever #datarescueabq in coordination with DataRefuge. Learn more about the importance of preserving federal climate, land use, and other data. Following training, stick around with your own laptop and work to identify high value datasets and seed web pages for harvest by the Internet Archive. Note: The Read More …
Second Annual #SunshineHaiku Contest
To celebrate Sunshine Week, NMFOG’s Second Annual #SunshineHaiku contest is now open for entries. As government transparency adovcates work hard to strengthen and defend public access laws around the coutnry, we want to have some poetic fun with a little “Sunshine” play on words. Think about how your Haiku can shed light on the importance of #opengov. Read More …
Follow the Money
The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government is co-sponsoring three free Money in Politics data training sessions in New Mexico in February and you’re invited to attend. Trainers from the National Institute on Money in State Politics will teach you how to use the Institute’s pilot ”Anomaly Detection” tool, so you can produce your own Read More …
In the News: Taking on NM’s Water Czars (December 21) ABQ Free Press
Norm Gaume spent $200,000 in pursuit of government transparency. His two-year battle led to changes in S.W. N.M. water project. Read how NMFOG helped in ABQ Free Press’ Taking on the Water Czars.