Civil Cost Recovery unit, presently made up of an attorney director and support staff, often is performed jointly with the Criminal Bureau or the Business and Labor Protection Bureau.
All calls are confidential.
Mass. Gen. L. ch. The purpose of the Open Meeting Law is to eliminate much of the secrecy surrounding the deliberations and decisions on which public policy is based. The means by which secrecy is eliminated, of course, is by requiring most meetings of governmental bodies to be held in public. The requirements of the Open Meeting Law grow out of the idea that the democratic process depends on the public having knowledge about the considerations underlying governmental action, for without that knowledge, people are not able to judge the merits of actions taken by their representatives. As a result, the Open Meeting Law provides for particular circumstances under which a meeting may be held in executive, or closed, session.