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Governance/Open Meeting Resources
From Digital Library of America Project
Coming out of the October 20, 2011 meeting of the Governance Workstream, participants agreed to set a DPLA standard for conducting open meetings. They requested research into open meeting laws, related formats, and norms for participation, in order to inform that process. Below is a list of suggested resources, including relevant state laws and models from select organizations.
- Massachusetts Law
- Open Government Guide, Committee of Reporters for Freedom of the Press (RCFP): Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Open Meeting Law Guide (2011), MA state gov.
- G.L. c. 30A, §§ 18-25, Massachusetts (2010)
- The Attorney General’s site on the Open Meeting Law
- New York Law
- Open Government Guide, RCFP: New York
- New York Open Meetings Law, NY Dept. of State
- California Law
- Open Government Guide, RCFP: California
- Bagley-Keene Act (applies to state boards and committees), CA state gov.
- Brown Act (applies to legislative body of a local agency), CA Attorney General’s site
- A Handy Guide to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act A Handy Guide to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (2004), CA Attorney General’s site
- Federal Law
- § 552B. Open Meetings, aka “The Sunshine Act”, posted on the Cornell Law School site
- Non-governmental policies
- The American Library Association (ALA): Policy 7.4.4
- The American Bar Association (ABA): Open Meetings Guide
- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): ICANN Bylaws
- The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): Internet Society Bylaws
