Posted in Open Records, passopenrecords.org news on Aug 31st, 2007 No Comments »
…and not about the government’s opinion as to whether a request is “frivolous” or not.
I wrote this morning about the letter from the Pennsylvania Local Government Conference and PNA’s response.
The Pennsylvania Local Government Committee has also distributed a press release which reads, in part, “Right-to-Know requests always (emphasis mine) are […]
Posted in Open Records, passopenrecords.org news on Aug 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
The PA Local Government Conference recently sent a letter to Tim Williams, the Executive Director of the PA Newspaper Association, about our blog and the PA Open Records Challenge. The letter, which was also sent to all sponsors and co-sponsors of open legislation reads, in part:
“I am writing on behalf of all of […]
Posted in Open Records News on Aug 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Philadelphia Inquirer reporterd yesterday that the beleaguered Philadelphia School District, facing a huge budget deficit, agreed to a severance pay for departing adminstrator in which she received her full salary for only three months’ work, plus health benefits through June 2008 and unused vacation days. There was no contract requiring her to receive […]
Posted in Open Records News on Aug 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Welcome to the Fourth edition of the Carnival of Open Records! As we gear up to enjoy the last weekend of summer, I thought it appropriate for the Open Records community to celebrate our national Labor Day holiday by spotlighting open records challenges state-by-state. Next week’s edition will be hosted by Leslie over […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 29th, 2007 No Comments »
• Patron: someone who gives money or other support to somebody or something . . . or, in a rarer definition, a patron was a slave master in ancient Rome who freed a slave but retained some rights over him or her.
• Patronage: the appointments or privileges that a politician can give to loyal supporters […]
Posted in Open Records News on Aug 27th, 2007 No Comments »
We are progressing on our outreach to legislators - view who says they support open records reform so far.
The PA Open Records Challenge is up and running. It was the first post in the 3rd edition of the Carnival of Open Records, hosted by the Sam Adams Alliance!
We also have […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Picking up from where we left off last Friday, here is a second sampling of articles and opinions from across Pennsylvania. What remains remarkable is not just the staying power of open records reform through the slow summer months, but the way it has galvanized people all across the political and philosophical spectrum. Ironically, with […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Open records reform continues to be one of the most written-about issues in Pennsylvania this summer . . . even during the so-called dog days of August, when the legislature is out of session and Capitol news is traditionally slow. There is hope. There is skepticism. There are stories on local, county and state issues. […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
• If you think the dispute over whether Penn State should be covered under the state’s new open-records law (it is not under the current one) is only about Joe Paterno’s salary, read on:
Open records and Old Main
Need I say that a stronger state open records law which finally covers Penn State might – […]
Posted in Citizen Stories, Legislative Agenda, Open Records, passopenrecords.org news on Aug 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
To illustrate the problems Pennsylvania’s journalists and citizens face in obtaining public records, the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, together with this blog, is holding the first-ever PA Open Records Challenge.
The competition begins in mid-August. Participants will be asked to attempt to obtain a document, such as a school superintendent’s contract or the amount […]