Dunmore loses appeal in open-records case
October 02, 2009 |
The state Office of Open Records has ruled a
Dunmore councilwoman must turn over e-mail
correspondence between herself and other council
members regarding the former borough manager.
Read
More...
York Twp. board to appeal open records ruling
September 11, 2009 |
The York Township board of commissioners voted
Tuesday to appeal a landmark decision from the
Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, but attached
one proviso -- taxpayers won't foot the bill.
Read
More...
York Twp. commissioners must turn over emails
August 31, 2009 |
For the second time in two months, two York
Township commissioners have been ordered to hand
over e-mails concerning township business that
were sent from or received by their home
computers. Read
More...
Public officials' e-mail open - but you can't always see it
May 02, 2009 |
A state open records request has York Township
looking into options for how e-mails are received
and sent by its commissioners, because some
e-mails may be in a private company's files and
are not open to public review. Read
More...
E-mail messages: Does the public have a Right-to-Know?
April 30, 2009 |
For employees and officials of municipal
authorities, are e-mail messages open for public
inspection? In many (if not most) cases, the
answer is a qualified yes. Moreover, surprising
as it may seem, many text messages must be kept
(in some form) for years as official public
records of the municipal authority. Read
More...