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Providence, RI The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently delivered its decision in the case of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees v. Office of the Governor, ordering the release of information relating to private contractors. The decision centered on the 2006 "Government Oversight and Fiscal Accountability Review Act", which stated “using private contractors to provide public services normally provided by public employees does not always promote the public interest. To ensure that citizens of this state receive high quality public services at low costs … the legislature finds it necessary to ensure that access to public information guaranteed by the access to public records act is not in any way hindered by the fact that public services are provided by private contractors.”[1]
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Rhode Island on Sunshine Review
