Full Width FOI Award Nomination FOI Award Nomination Nominator Name * Nominator Email * Nominee Name * Nominee Email * Award * John R. Finnegan Freedom of Information Award John Borger Lifetime Achievement Award Tell the MNCOGI Board how your nominee has achieved any or all of the following: Advocated for the public’s right to know via legislative, administrative or other policies; Used technology and other means to facilitate access to government information; Educated the public on the importance of freedom of information; Took action to assure that government and other institutions comply with the law and policies that maximize transparency; Operated a library, government agency, organization or other institutions in a manner that afforded the greatest possible access to government information; Challenged forms of authority that thwart the objective of assuring the existence of an informed electorate through access to government information; Found ways to link the idea of freedom of information to the Bill of Rights and especially to the First Amendment; AND/OR, Made a substantial, sustained or lasting contribution to open government in Minnesota Nomination * 0/1500 Please address any statements that are relevant to your nominee in a submission of up to 1500 words. reCAPTCHA If you are human, leave this field blank. Submit