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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, […]
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. . . 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 […]