Injustice thrives in the dark. The ability to shed sunlight on government action through Freedom of Information requests is essential to holding public officials accountable and to preventing state-sanctioned discrimination, abuse, and mismanagement.
Under this bill, virtual meetings are also subject to FOIA on the same timeframes and to the same extent as in-person meetings. This is both commonsense and extremely important to preserving and protecting FOIA during this pandemic.
