Posted in Open Records News, passopenrecords.org news on Apr 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Allentown Morning Call editorialized on our blog today.
If the PNA’s new blog is successful, it will show legislators that citizens, and not only the news media, care about open records. The blog is the perfect, modern opportunity for people to contribute to the dialogue. It might even become the driving force behind convincing the […]
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Apr 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Pottstown Mercury spotlighted our blog on Saturday, followed by a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story the next day.
On Saturday, the Pottsville Republican & Herald editorialized on PA’s terrible open records laws. The Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice also tackled the need for open records reform on Sunday.
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 30th, 2007 No Comments »
All those folks-in-the-know who read Online every morning - nice to see you here! Please take a few minutes to nose around the site, and we’d love to hear your comments. Have a great day, everyone.
Posted in Open Records on Apr 30th, 2007 4 Comments »
The goal of passopenrecords.com is exactly what the name implies . . . to get the Pennsylvania legislature to pass – and the governor to sign – a law that gives people meaningful access to public records.
Now is the right time: people are demanding reform in state government, and the legislators and governor seem […]
Posted in Open Records News on Apr 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
The Philadelphia Bulletin did a story yesterday on the PA House Legislative Reform Commission hearings. Many citizens were on-hand to share their challenges with legislators.
Have any of you come up against roadblocks in your quest to obtain open records?
Thanks to Eric Epstein of RocktheCapital.org for mentioning us on their page. Welcome!
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Apr 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Today, the Scranton Times-Tribune editorialized on open records, calling them the foundation for all the reforms that we need here in PA.
What effects do you think that open records will have on reform? (directions for adding comments are under the “Join in the Discussion” page.)
Posted in Open Records on Apr 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Four reasons why we need a new open records law:
1. They’re our records. It seems redundant to point out that the public owns the public records – and yet the people who enacted Pennsylvania’s original “Right to Know Law” in 1957 and those who amended it in 2002 didn’t seem to think so. In fact, […]
Posted in Open Records on Apr 27th, 2007 No Comments »
. . . in one long road?
One indication that open records change isn’t very high in the legislative agenda is that it may be years before anything happens, according to a report by Ed Blazina in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “The commission expects to make recommendations in June, but because any changes will require constitutional […]
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Apr 26th, 2007 No Comments »
We received a writeup in the Harrisburg Patriot-News’ Inside the Capitol column today. And the PA Freedom of Information coalition put us in their news.
Posted in Open Records on Apr 26th, 2007 No Comments »
The Pittsburgh Trib-Review editorialized on PA’s Open Records law today.
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