Minnesota FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
February 25, 2009 MINNEAPOLIS - A nonprofit group that fights for the public's right to government information is honoring a St. Paul man for doing exactly that. Rich Neumeister was named Wednesday as the winner of the John R. Finnegan Award, given each year by the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information. The group said Neumeister has worked for 25 years as a citizen lobbyist. He's appeared before numerous legislative committees and worked with legislators on issues such as freedom of information, privacy rights and government accountability.FOI award recognizes citizen lobbyist
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