PREVIOUS ANTONIA ORFIELD
CITIZENSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS
• 2019 David Saad |
Saad co-founded Right to Know NH as a nonpartisan citizen coalition working to improve transparency of New Hampshire state, county, and local governments.
• 2018 Hyde Square Task Force |
A group of teenage-volunteers used the Mass. public records law to find an unenforced agreement between the city of Boston and the owners of TD Garden to give millions of dollars back to their community.
• 2017 Donna Green |
Green won a public records battle in the New Hampshire Supreme Court which required the distribution of public, non-confidential information in commonly used electronic formats when available.
• 2016 Michael A. Champa |
Champa uncovered inequities in special education services provided by Massachusetts towns after fighting a public records battle that was decided in his favor by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court.
• 2015 Harriet Cady |
Cady is a long-time open government activist, frequently speaking on freedom of information concerns and helping to create the watchdog group Right to Know NH.
• 2014 Kit Savage |
Savage’s investigation uncovered violations of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which formed the basis of a complaint to the Connecticut Department of Education.
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2013 David Lang |
After a nine-year crusade, Lang exposed the mismanagement of health insurance premiums, resulting in a court order to refund $53 million to New Hampshire public employees.