Posted in Open Records News on Sep 29th, 2007 No Comments »
Jamie wrote about the Windber Borough Manager’s “confidential” severance agreement a few days ago; earlier this week, The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat reports that they’ve successfully retrieved the document via an open records request.
There’s news of ANOTHER open records contest, and before the Local Government Association gets all riled up, this one isn’t ours. However, […]
Posted in Citizen Stories, passopenrecords.org news on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
PA Open Records Challenge submissions keep rolling in! They run the gamut from the good, the bad, and the ugly. We’ll start with the good. These are the participants’ stories in their own words.
On Tuesday, September 18, 2007, I went to the Lock Haven Police Department, located in […]
Posted in Open Records News on Sep 28th, 2007 No Comments »
This chain of events was brought to my attention through the Washington Observer-Reporter website as well as the blog of one of their reporters, Scott Beveridge. Below is a recap and overview of the O-R and Beveridge’s struggle, and most of it in his own words. I’d recommend clicking on the story links […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Look for film clips early next week of our recent interviews with Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-Delaware) and freshman Representative Tim Mahoney (D-Fayette), sponsors of Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 443 respectively. These are two of the three open records bills currently working their way through the legislative process. The third is Senator […]
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Sep 26th, 2007 No Comments »
We recently received a comment that users couldn’t download our worksheet. I’m not sure what the glitch is, but in the meantime, I’ve pasted the Worksheet in text format below. (Click “more”)
Posted in Legislative Agenda, Open Records on Sep 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Kind of has a ring to it, doesn’t it? That’s what Rep. Josh Shapiro, D-Montgomery, called open records reform in his speech to the PA Press Club yesterday. The full text of his speech is available at Capitolwire.com, which is a subscriber service, but you can sign up for a free trial subscription here. […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 25th, 2007 No Comments »
Yesterday’s report on our Open Records Challenge about the students at Lock Haven University was great news on a number of fronts:
• The students did a terrific job. . . they were both dogged and polite as they plugged away at their assignments. That is a great combination for a reporter.
• The challenge was not […]
Posted in Citizen Stories, passopenrecords.org news on Sep 24th, 2007 No Comments »
Late last week, we recieved several stories from Lock Haven University students who have tried to obtain open records. Not all were successful, but a good portion of them did get the information they requested. A big thumbs-up to the students and to the local entities who complied with the law!
Here are […]
Posted in Citizen Stories on Sep 20th, 2007 No Comments »
We received the submission below from Bob Spurdle of Wayne, PA. His story is below, in his own words:
Per the rules, this is an example of governing bodies withholding requests for information. In this case it involves the Board of Commissioners and the School Administration of Radnor Township in Wayne, PA. It […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Even Harvard Law School is following our efforts to update Pennsylvania’s open records law.
From David Ardia of the Citizen Media Law Project:
The Pennsylvania House and Senate are considering new legislation designed to strengthen the state’s Open Records Law. This is welcome news, as Pennsylvania’s current law is one of the most antiquated – and public-unfriendly […]