Addresses
Opinion: Shut down these records!
December 17, 2009 |
As 2009 comes to a close, we know already that
the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association will be
fighting three recently-introduced bills that are
intended to close more records, all of which were
reported from their original committees this
week.
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Judge: York Co. can withhold addresses in 911 response logs
December 11, 2009 |
York County President Judge Richard K. Renn ruled
Thursday the county is in compliance with the
commonwealth's Right-To-Know law when it refuses
to release addresses in emergency time response
logs. Read
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New Pa. records office running at hectic pace
November 29, 2009 |
Terry Mutchler, executive director of the state
Office of Open Records, has a quick response when
asked how things are going. " 'Busy' is the short
answer," Ms. Mutchler said last week. "We're just
overwhelmed."
Ms. Mutchler and her nine-member staff routinely work 12-hour days or longer to keep pace with a flood of paperwork.
To date, they have processed 1,006 appeals, conducted 300 training sessions around the state on the new Right-to-Know Law and fielded more than 5,000 e-mail and telephone inquiries. Read More...
Ms. Mutchler and her nine-member staff routinely work 12-hour days or longer to keep pace with a flood of paperwork.
To date, they have processed 1,006 appeals, conducted 300 training sessions around the state on the new Right-to-Know Law and fielded more than 5,000 e-mail and telephone inquiries. Read More...
Opinion: Right to Know and the constitutional right to privacy
September 23, 2009 |
Last month, when the Commonwealth Court issued
its first published opinion addressing
Pennsylvania's new Right-to-Know Law, it shone a
bright light on a long-standing issue: the
inherent tension between the public's right to
access government records and a person's interest
in the privacy of information that the government
possesses about him. The Commonwealth Court's
recent opinion, Pennsylvania State Education
Association v. Commonwealth, further muddles the
privacy question and, unless corrected, stands to
cause an array of additional problems.
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OOR stays release of home addresses of public employees
July 30, 2009 |
The Office of Open Records will issue no final
determinations ordering the release of public
employee home addresses, pending resolution of a
petition made by the Pennsylvania State Education
Association by the Commonwealth Court .
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Release of Pa. school employees' addresses halted
July 29, 2009 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state appellate court
judge has ordered a temporary halt to releasing
school district employees' home addresses listed
on records requests made under Pennsylvania's new
Right-to-Know Law. Read
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Judge sides with school union in public-records case
July 29, 2009 |
The union representing most public school
employees in Pennsylvania yesterday won a
temporary injunction in Commonwealth Court to
shield the home addresses of all public-school
employees under the new open-records law.
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Opinion: Will there be any info left?
July 29, 2009 |
God help us when government tries to protect us.
House Bill 1667 would amend Pennsylvania's
right-to-know law to exclude date of birth as
information of public record. Read
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Opinion: Court enjoins release of school employees' home addresses
July 29, 2009 |
In an order dated July 28, 2009, Commonwealth
Court Senior Judge Rochelle S. Friedman granted a
preliminary injunction prohibiting the release of
home addresses of public school employees.
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