GFAF announces multi-year grant from CNN
ATLANTA (Feb. 23, 2016)—The Georgia First Amendment Foundation (GFAF) has announced up to $30,000 in grants over three years from global cable news network CNN to support the foundation’s open...
View ArticleGFAF Legislative Watch Volume 2
Click here for the latest on First Amendment and open government bills in Georgia, one day after cross-over day in this session of the General Assembly.
View ArticleSunshine Week 2016
Thoughts from one of GFAF’s new board members, Valdosta Times editor Jim Zachary. Thank you, Jim, for promoting open government in Georgia.
View ArticleLegislative Watch Updates
Hi, here is our correspondence regarding a portion of Senate Bill 367. Please see more of our analysis of legislative bills in our March 2, 2016 Legislative Watch.
View ArticleGFAF Legislative Watch Vol. II (03/11/16)
Click here for our updates on the latest developments, as of close of business March 11, 2016, at Georgia’s General Assembly. Currently, we are most actively monitoring SB 323 and SB 367. Please...
View ArticleSunshine Week 2016: March 13-16, 2016
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits,...
View Article2015 Open Government Hero Nydia Tisdale
From WSB-TV: Questionable timing, politics surround case against citizen journalist ATLANTA — March 21, 2016 A citizen journalist honored by several Georgia groups for increasing access to open...
View ArticleGFAF Legislative Watch Vol. 3
Georgia’s annual legislative session ended on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Click here for the highs and lows of the transparency and First Amendment bills that passed through the General Assembly this...
View ArticleGFAF 2016 Legislative Summary: Good, Bad & Ugly
Here’s the GFAF report card on legislation with an impact on government transparency and free speech: what passed and what did not during the 2016 session, and whether it helps or hurts open...
View ArticleAG Fines Hospital Authority, Orders Open Govt. Training
MARCH 31 – VALDOSTA, Ga – The State Attorney General’s Office has ordered the Hospital Authority of Valdosta and Lowndes County to pay a $500 civil penalty to the State of Georgia and to participate in...
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