Public meeting agendas in RI are often vague and entirely unhelpful to people who want to participate in their government. In reviewing just one week of public meeting agendas, the ACLU of RI discovered numerous violations of the public notice requirement part of the Open Meetings Act (OMA). The reports recommends that the law be strengthened in order to adequately protect the public’s right to know.
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ACLU Report Finds Numerous Violations of Open Meetings Act; Calls for Revisions to the Law
Public meeting agendas in Rhode Island are “often vague, lacking critical information, and at times entirely unhelpful” to residents attempting to participate in their government, a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has found. In reviewing just one week of public meeting agendas, the ACLU of RI discovered numerous violations of a critical portion of the state’s Open Meetings Act (OMA), and recommended that the law be strengthened in order to adequately protect the public’s right to know.
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