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Vermont FOI Legislation

FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA View legislation in Vermont by using the search terms below. You’ll be directed to a list of recent bills that include the specified terms in their full text. “Freedom of Information” “Open Meeting” and/or “Open Meetings” “Public Record” […]

Vermont FOI Videos

FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA Contracting Away Transparency: A Look at Human Rights Defense Center v. Correct Care Solutions LLC Dan Marshall, general counsel and litigation director for the Human Rights Defense Center, explains a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court […]

Vermont Public Records

FOI Guide Home Connecticut | Maine | Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Rhode Island | Vermont | Federal FOIA (Last updated September 25, 2023) Where can the law be found? The law governing Vermont’s public records is the Public Records Act (PRA). It can be found here under subchapter 3. Enacted in the 1970s, the PRA […]

NEFAC, Media Organizations Sue Vermont Court Officials Over Access to Records

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition, along with several media organizations, is suing Vermont court officials over delays in public access to judicial documents. “The First Amendment provides the press and public with a presumptive right of access to newly filed civil complaints, and where […]

NEFAC Testifies in Support of In-Person Public, Press Access to Vermont Legislature

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Justin Silverman | 774.244.2365 | justin@nefac.org The New England First Amendment Coalition testified today in support of in-person access for the public and press to future Vermont legislative hearings. “This is a matter of accountability,” explained NEFAC’s Michael Donoghue at a May 6 hearing of the Vermont Sentate Institutions Committee on […]

Work Like There Are 625,000 Vermonters Looking Over Our Shoulders

By Jim Condos COVID-19 has strained so many of our institutions over the last year. As our Vermont government agencies work to support our state through this crisis, we must always work to maintain the public’s right to know. Fortunately, in Vermont we have made great strides. Confidence in our public institutions is needed now […]