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<title>PaFOIC RSS</title><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/index.html</link><description>News from the PaFOIC</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2009 Kim de B</dc:rights><dc:date>2010-02-09T13:36:28-05:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:17:51 -0500</lastBuildDate><item><title>Court says government must prove need to keep information secret</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Open records</category><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>PEMA</category><dc:date>2010-02-09T13:36:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/78c57130b7aa2783b8da35d3ee9adace-326.html#unique-entry-id-326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/78c57130b7aa2783b8da35d3ee9adace-326.html#unique-entry-id-326</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A state appeals court's first ruling on the new Right to Know Law upholds the idea that government agencies must prove they have a good reason for withholding information, lawyers and others said yesterday. "It's a strong decision for open government," said Barry Fox, spokesman for the state Office of Open Records.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Opinion: No blanket exemption for email on personal account</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>PNA Legal</category><category>Opinion</category><category>Open records</category><category>Email</category><dc:date>2010-01-28T19:35:28-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ce7b306204c117a596e8cd320e143f0-325.html#unique-entry-id-325</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ce7b306204c117a596e8cd320e143f0-325.html#unique-entry-id-325</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[<em>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?</em>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>WGAL-TV appeals ruling barring it from information on college student&#x27;s death</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>Open records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Cumberland Co.</category><dc:date>2010-01-26T21:55:12-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ffa0e5c9bc2cb29644d2808cb58c48ee-324.html#unique-entry-id-324</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ffa0e5c9bc2cb29644d2808cb58c48ee-324.html#unique-entry-id-324</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[A midstate TV station is appealing a Cumberland County judge&rsquo;s ruling barring it from information on a Shippensburg University student&rsquo;s death. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Bucks County appeals state Office of Open Records decision</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>Open records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Bucks Co.</category><dc:date>2010-01-23T00:00:27-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8e2349bef13bb5c4cfcf25aa37a2aff4-323.html#unique-entry-id-323</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8e2349bef13bb5c4cfcf25aa37a2aff4-323.html#unique-entry-id-323</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Bucks County officials do not believe the record of when two employees &ndash; opponents in a county election &ndash; entered the courthouse each day should be a matter of public information.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Prison board OKs release of inmate photographs</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Open records</category><category>Mercer Co.</category><dc:date>2010-01-26T20:53:18-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2009c4b8f80c70a040c5f695dd63423-322.html#unique-entry-id-322</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2009c4b8f80c70a040c5f695dd63423-322.html#unique-entry-id-322</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Judge rules to release names as sewer records fight ends after 8 months</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Open records</category><category>Sharon</category><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><dc:date>2010-01-27T08:23:25-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/73361b3766d1de8a8f34d0a8459cc590-321.html#unique-entry-id-321</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/73361b3766d1de8a8f34d0a8459cc590-321.html#unique-entry-id-321</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Allentown sues Morning Call&#x2c; reporter&#x2c; open records office</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Open records</category><category>Allentown</category><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><dc:date>2010-01-27T19:14:44-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f0a54b701adad2d9307191b3ba818041-320.html#unique-entry-id-320</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f0a54b701adad2d9307191b3ba818041-320.html#unique-entry-id-320</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>State revises access policy for court documents</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Open records</category><category>Judicial records</category><dc:date>2010-01-27T22:09:07-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8fc0e4eb343b8abfe52b918d106dc8ea-319.html#unique-entry-id-319</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8fc0e4eb343b8abfe52b918d106dc8ea-319.html#unique-entry-id-319</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The prevalence of identity theft is one of the reasons the state has revised its paper record access policy for magisterial district courts. &ldquo;Personal financial and Social Security information are two key elements of the kind that will not be included in court files for public review,&rdquo; 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Times&#x27; open records appeal upheld</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Open records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Office of Open Records</category><dc:date>2010-01-13T18:24:52-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b84871341ddce9e553b8c1e946a0f5fc-318.html#unique-entry-id-318</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b84871341ddce9e553b8c1e946a0f5fc-318.html#unique-entry-id-318</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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&rsquo;s open-records law.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Ruling: County must make prison receipts public</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Lackawanna Co.</category><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Open records</category><dc:date>2010-01-13T16:23:20-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3daf739ace3e6fad88e32c3147100846-317.html#unique-entry-id-317</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3daf739ace3e6fad88e32c3147100846-317.html#unique-entry-id-317</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Allentown fights open records ruling</title><dc:creator>info@openrecordspa.org</dc:creator><category>Open records</category><category>RTK request stories</category><category>Office of Open Records</category><category>Allentown</category><dc:date>2010-01-10T16:19:31-05:00</dc:date><link>http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b3da2354babd693d3c2920de0bd6d0fd-316.html#unique-entry-id-316</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b3da2354babd693d3c2920de0bd6d0fd-316.html#unique-entry-id-316</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[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.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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