State boards and commissions in Rhode Island play an important role in how government functions. Seats on these boards and commissions must be filled with new appointments in a timely manner if these bodies are to function at full strength with a healthy turnover of capable and energetic members representing the public. But is that happening?
A recently completed Common Cause study sought to find out:
1) Whether the public can ascertain which seats are filled on state boards, which board members are
serving past the expiration of their terms, and which seats are empty;
2) Whether the public can ascertain whether the governor is making appointments to these boards as terms
expire or seats are otherwise vacated; and
3) Whether the public can ascertain whether or when the Senate acts on governor appointments.
Common Cause discovered that there is no accurate source of information about the membership of state boards and commissions. The information available to the public is difficult to find and often unreliable.
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