Appendix 2: City and town breakdown, 1999 vs 2005 FOI studies

The 2005 study of Fairfield County municipalities was based on a similar statewide study, in 1999, coordinated by the state FOI office.

Here are the results on both surveys for Fairfield County.

The three offices in each Fairfield County city and town were given one of the following three ratings, based on the responses of municipal officials when students asked for access to public records:

· Yes: full compliance with the FOI regulations; students allowed to inspect records without being asked their name, the reason for seeing them, asked to show an ID, asked to put the request in writing, or information was improperly blacked out that was designed to remain public.

· View/restrictions: Students were allowed to view records with restrictions that are deemed improper by the state FOI commission, such as being asked their name, the reason for seeing them, asked to show an ID, asked to put the request in writing, or information was improperly blacked out that was designed to remain public.

• No: Students denied access to public records

Town	1999 c/t clerk	1999 police	1999 schools	2005 c/t clerk	2005 police	2005 schools
Bethel	View/restrictions	View/restrictions	Yes	No	No	No
Bridgeport	No	No	No	No	No	No
Brookfield	No	View/restrictions	No	No	Yes	No
Danbury	Yes	View/restrictions	Yes	No	Yes	No
Darien	No	No	View/restrictions	View/restrictions	Yes	No
Easton	No	View/restrictions	No	No	No	Yes
Fairfield	Yes	View/restrictions	Yes	No	Yes	No
Greenwich	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
Monroe	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
New Canaan	No	View/restrictions	No	Yes	No	Yes
New Fairfield	Yes	View/restrictions	No	No	View/restrictions	No
Newtown	Yes	View/restrictions	No	Yes	Yes	No
Norwalk	View/restrictions	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Redding	View/restrictions	View/restrictions	No	View/restrictions	Yes	View/restrictions
Ridgefield	Yes	View/restrictions	No	No	No	No
Shelton	No	No	No	No	No	No
Sherman	Yes	No	No	View/restrictions	Yes	No
Stamford	View/restrictions	No	No	No	No	No
Stratford	View/restrictions	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Trumbull	No	View/restrictions	No	Yes	No	No
Weston	No	View/restrictions	Yes	Yes	No	No
Westport	No	No	View/restrictions	No	View/restrictions	No
Wilton	No	View/restrictions	No	No	Yes	No
County totals	30% yes	4% yes	26% yes	26% yes	43% yes	9% yes
Statewide totals	37% yes	21% yes	10% yes