Posted in Open Records on Apr 26th, 2007 No Comments »
We hear a lot about how awful Pennsylvania’s open records law is. And we should . . . because it is one of the worst in the nation. Simply put, if you want to see a public record in this state, you need to convince a public official, elected or otherwise, that you deserve to […]
Posted in Open Records on Apr 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Welcome to passopenrecords.org, a blog whose aims are (1) to promote a vigorous conversation around the bleak state of open records in the state of Pennsylvania and more importantly, (2) to get the legislature to change the law.
The time is overdue to make Pennsylvania’s public records open, available and accessible to the public. We have […]
Posted in Legal Challenges on Apr 17th, 2007 No Comments »
Government reformers, publishers and First Amendment advocates aren’t the only ones calling for better open records laws. A Philadelphia grand jury has joined the fray.
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