UPDATE: Freedom of Information complaint filed against Commissioner Stefan Pryor and the Connecticut Department of Education - Wait, What?

Freedom of Information complaint filed against Commissioner Stefan Pryor and the Connecticut Department of Education - Wait, What?:

Connecticut Lottery Board prepares to push through new “Management Compensation Program”

by jonpelto

State fiscal crisis?

What state fiscal crisis?

At 11:30 am today, the Connecticut Lottery Corporation’s Personnel Committee will meet. 

The agenda begins with an executive session to review a “Draft Management Compensation Report.”  They will then return from executive session and are scheduled to vote on the meeting’s one agenda item – The Management Compensation Report

Then at 1:00 pm, the full board of directors of the Lottery Corporation will meet.  

Agenda Item IV: Executive Session.  Topic: “Review of Draft Management Compensation Report.” 

Return to open meeting, Agenda Item VI. New Business:  “Review and Possible Action: Management Compensation Report.”

Of course, since the Management Compensation Report is presently in “DRAFT” form, the public entity won’t release the document until it is finalized. 

Thus, anyone wishing to see the report would need to attend the meeting; wait for the 

Freedom of Information complaint filed against Commissioner Stefan Pryor and the Connecticut Department of Education

by jonpelto

“A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both. A people who mean to be their own governor must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”  – James Madison

With three Freedom of Information requests pending with the Connecticut Department of Education for information that is undoubtedly public and no sign of a response from Commissioner Stefan Pryor or his staff, the Education Department has left  no option but to file a complaint with the Freedom of Information Commission.

Despite a campaign promise to make government more transparent, the Malloy Administration continues to engage in an unprecedented effort to undermine the independence, sanctity and effectiveness of Connecticut’s Freedom of Information law.  However, as of now, the law remains clear and concise – the public has a right to public