Opinion: No blanket exemption for email on personal account
Q: I requested access to e-mails sent between
council members and the mayor of a local agency.
The agency denied my request on the basis that the
agency does not provide e-mail accounts to council
or the mayor, and the e-mails are sent from
personal e-mail addresses. Can they do that?
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State revises access policy for court documents
January 27, 2010 | Filed in: Open
records | Judicial
records
The prevalence of identity theft is one of the
reasons the state has revised its paper record
access policy for magisterial district courts.
“Personal financial and Social Security information
are two key elements of the kind that will not be
included in court files for public review,” said
Stuart Ditzen, assistant for communications,
Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.
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Allentown sues Morning Call, reporter, open records office
January 27, 2010 | Filed in: Open
records | Allentown
| Office
of Open Records | RTK
request stories
Allentown is suing The Morning Call, reporter
Jarrett Renshaw and the state Office of Open
Records, claiming the agency improperly ruled on
Renshaw's request under the year-old Right-to-Know
Law for the official e-mails and schedules of Mayor
Ed Pawlowski and other administration officials.
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Judge rules to release names as sewer records fight ends after 8 months
An eight-month fight over the identities of Sharon
sewer customers who collectively owe about $1
million in unpaid bills ended Tuesday with a judge
agreeing with the state Office of Open Records and
ordering the records be released.
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WGAL-TV appeals ruling barring it from information on college student's death
January 26, 2010 | Filed in: Office
of Open Records | Open
records | RTK
request stories | Cumberland
Co.
A midstate TV station is appealing a Cumberland
County judge’s ruling barring it from information
on a Shippensburg University student’s death.
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Prison board OKs release of inmate photographs
Mercer County Prison Board on Tuesday ruled that
inmate photographs from Mercer County Jail can be
released to the press after a Herald request made
earlier this month.
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Bucks County appeals state Office of Open Records decision
January 23, 2010 | Filed in: Office
of Open Records | Open
records | RTK
request stories | Bucks
Co.
Bucks County officials do not believe the record of
when two employees – opponents in a county election
– entered the courthouse each day should be a
matter of public information.
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Beaver Co. Times' open records appeal upheld
The state Office of Open Records this week upheld
an appeal by The Beaver County Times of a fee
imposed by the State Employees Retirement System
for providing information under Pennsylvania’s
open-records law.
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Ruling: County must make prison receipts public
Lackawanna County must obtain and provide to The
Times-Tribune any receipts and invoices related to
the cost of medical care at Lackawanna County
Prison between November 2004 and November 2009, the
state Office of Open Records has ruled.
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Allentown fights open records ruling
January 10, 2010 | Filed in: Open
records | RTK
request stories | Office
of Open Records | Allentown
Allentown officials are appealing an administrative
ruling ordering the city to provide the e-mails and
records of daily schedules for Mayor Ed Pawlowski
and two Cabinet members to a reporter from The
Morning Call.
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