Posted in Legislative Agenda, Open Records on Aug 8th, 2007 No Comments »
Jamie just blogged on the hearing, but I wanted to let you know that we’ve posted the written testimony provided by Teri Henning, Carl Lavin, and Bob Heisse.
Posted in Open Records on Aug 8th, 2007 No Comments »
If the House State Government Committee Hearing on Tuesday is any indication, the issue of open records reform should be a hot topic when the legislature returns in the fall. and Transportation Secretary Allen Biehler agreed to release PennDOT’s hitherto classified information on the state’s bridges.
The hearing room was packed – unlike many legislative hearings […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 7th, 2007 No Comments »
We are all deeply saddened by the tragedy that befell the motorists on the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis last week, and we hope it will not happen anywhere else.
Hope is the operative word in Pennsylvania . . . because the state’s department of transportation has declared that we ordinary folks do not have the right […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 6th, 2007 No Comments »
With the legislators at recess, there are rumblings across the Commonwealth about the state of the ballyhooed legislative reform. One question that keeps coming up is, “If the last days of the just-ended session – and in particular, the budget negotiations – are an example of what our leaders will do, how can we […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
The fantastic Leslie Graves of State Sunshine and Open Records, has created the Carnival of Open Records - and the first edition is up and running.
For those of you unfamiliar with blog carnivals, the simplest explanation is that they are a round up of the best posts in a week that revolve […]
Posted in Open Records News on Aug 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
It’s been a while since we’ve posted news stories from around the state, and they just keep piling up!
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports on a Lackawanna County Prison inmate, Shakira Staten, who recently gave birth in her cell. The Times-Tribune has been requesting prison records pertaining to the event, and denied access because of “security […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Today we finish with Teri Henning’s comparison of the three open-records bills pending in the Pennsylvania legislature.
Let us and our readers know which bill you like best . . . or which parts of which bills.
Senate Bill 1 Prime Sponsor: Sen. Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware)
Senate Bill 765 Prime Sponsor: Sen. Jim Ferlo (D-Allegheny)
House Bill […]
Posted in Open Records on Aug 1st, 2007 No Comments »
Picking up where we left off yesterday, here is Teri Henning’s comparison of the three open-records bills currently pending in the Pennsylvania legislature on some specific issues:
(1) Presumption of Access; (2) Agencies covered by bill; (3) Definition of an open record; and (4) exemptions.
Senate Bill 1 Prime Sponsor: Sen. Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware)
Senate Bill 765 […]