Towns seek relief from state Web site rule
From Sunshine Review
January 29, 2009
[edit] Towns seek relief from state Web site rule
"Visitors to the Voluntown municipal Web site are greeted with two red circles with slashes across them - the universal sign for “No” - framing a notice stating the site has been shut down due to recently expanded Freedom of Information laws requiring that all towns post meeting agendas and minutes on their Web sites.
”The town has no IT department, and complying with the bill will put a burden on each board in town,” the site states.
Town officials in Voluntown, Griswold and Lyme are among a group throughout the state pushing for a repeal of the law that since Oct. 1 has required municipalities and other public agencies to post board, commission and committee agendas and minutes on their Web sites."
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