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7 Organizations Call On Governor Raimondo To Repeal "Extremely Damaging" Executive Order Delaying Access To Public Records

7 Organizations Call On Governor Raimondo To Repeal “Extremely Damaging” Executive Order Delaying Access To Public Records

Calling Governor Gina Raimondo’s two-and-a-half-month old executive order giving public bodies extra time to respond to open records requests “unwarranted and extremely damaging to the public interest,” seven media and open government organizations today called on her to immediately rescind the order.  The Access to Public Records Act gives public bodies ten business days to respond to a request for records,[Read More…]

by — May 28, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
Rhode Island ACLU Sues Over Frozen Unemployment Insurance Payments

Rhode Island ACLU Sues Over Frozen Unemployment Insurance Payments

ACLU of Rhode Island cooperating attorneys Ellen Saideman and Lynette Labinger today filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the state Department of Labor and Training’s (DLT) actions in summarily freezing weekly unemployment insurance benefit payments to hundreds of Rhode Islanders without any notice or explanation. The suit was filed three weeks after reports first emerged of the DLT freezing the payments of thousands[Read More…]

by — May 27, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP

ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP

ACLU OF RI STATEMENT ON THE “CRUSH COVID RI” CONTACT TRACING APP The following statement was issued today by ACLU of Rhode Island executive director Steven Brown on the Governor’s announcement and release of the “Crush Covid RI” app: “As the Governor has acknowledged and most people recognize, potentially substantial privacy issues are raised by the government’s use of any[Read More…]

by — May 20, 2020 — 0 comments — Civil Liberties
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