Massachusetts Campaign For Open Government

Welcome. This is the inaugural post on a new blog linked to a new website: maopengov.org. Maopengov.org is the website for Massachusetts Campaign For Open Government, which is dedicated to making it easier for people in Massachusetts to obtain information about the activities of their state and local governments. The website has information about the various laws that protect the public's right to know. It also has information about which local governments are posting public records on their websites. I hope you will check it out and find the information useful.

This blog will provide updated information about issues relating to the public's right to know. I strongly believe that our democracy can only survive if the public's right to know about the government's activities is protected and if the public exercises its right to know on a regular basis. In an era of increasing consolidation of the press on the local and national levels, we can no longer simply rely on the press to do our job for us. Especially at the state and local level, the responsibility is ultimately ours to oversee what our government is doing and to make sure it is acting in our best interest; that is what democracy is all about. My goal is to provide you with the information you need to help in this endeavor. I hope you come back often.