II: Q & A – What is the Pa. Office of Open Records?
By The Associated Press
Q: What is the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records?
A: It is a new agency in the executive branch of state government, part of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
The agency's first director is Terry Mutchler, a reporter-turned-lawyer who previously worked in a similar position under the Illinois attorney general. The 10-person staff will include six lawyers besides Mutchler.
Generally speaking, the office will decide appeals by people whose Right-to-Know Law requests have been rejected by state executive agencies or by county and local agencies. It also will provide training for those agencies and issue advisory opinions interpreting the law.
Q: What is the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records?
A: It is a new agency in the executive branch of state government, part of the Department of Community and Economic Development.
The agency's first director is Terry Mutchler, a reporter-turned-lawyer who previously worked in a similar position under the Illinois attorney general. The 10-person staff will include six lawyers besides Mutchler.
Generally speaking, the office will decide appeals by people whose Right-to-Know Law requests have been rejected by state executive agencies or by county and local agencies. It also will provide training for those agencies and issue advisory opinions interpreting the law.