Posted in Open Records News on Sep 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Sen. Pileggi editorialized on open records in the Allentown Morning Call, saying strengthening open records laws is his “top legislative priority.” We hope that the Senate will push his, or Sen. Ferlo’s, yet-to-be-amended bills through. An interesting point, though, is that Sen. Ferlo said last Saturday that he hasn’t received any […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 18th, 2007 No Comments »
This is the third and final part of my report from the Pittsburgh chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the PA Freedom of Information Coalition’s Forum on Open Government & Pennsylvania Open Records Law Workshop. I apologize for these segments being so long. I didn’t expect it and had already cut a […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 17th, 2007 No Comments »
This is the second part of my report from the Pittsburgh chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the PA Freedom of Information Coalition’s Forum on Open Government & Pennsylvania Open Records Law Workshop.
In the second session, How Pennsylvania’s Current Open Records Law is Being Used, moderated by Bob Mayo of WTAE-TV, the participants […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 17th, 2007 No Comments »
As I wrote last week, the Pittsburgh chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and the PA Freedom of Information Coalition presented their Forum on Open Government & Pennsylvania Open Records Law Workshop this Saturday.
The forum was well-attended, with about 60 journalists, citizens and students packing the room. The sessions were videotaped by […]
Posted in Open Records on Sep 14th, 2007 No Comments »
I had to smile at the at the response of Doug Hill of the Pennsylvania Local Government Conference . . . not because the issues are unimportant . . . but because, while I am happy to think of this as a popular blog, somehow the image of thousands of people rushing off to ask […]
Posted in Open Records News on Sep 13th, 2007 1 Comment »
It’s been kind of quiet in the news this week, but I just wanted to remind our readers that Saturday is the Society of Professional Journalists and the PA Freedom of Information Coalition’s Forum on Open Government & Pennsylvania Open Records Law Workshop in Pittsburgh. If you’re in town, please stop by!
Posted in Open Records News on Sep 11th, 2007 No Comments »
Let’s hope not. That’s the subject of a Williamsport Sun-Gazette editorial from Sunday. Remember, we need your participation in the PA Open Records Challenge!
The Washington Observer-Reporter details the problems they just had last week in trying to obtain documents from a borough near them.
And the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin examines the three […]
Posted in Citizen Stories on Sep 11th, 2007 No Comments »
The following is a column by Mitch Olszak, the Editorial Page Editor of the New Castle News, and reprinted with his permission
State open records laws are put to the test
There¹s an open secret about open records in Pennsylvania.
Here it is: The commonwealth¹s right to know laws are among the weakest in the nation. Not only […]
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Sep 10th, 2007 No Comments »
You read that right…PNA’s Teri Henning is going on the Bob Durgin show on Monday to talk about the recent controversy around the Open Records Challenge. Bob Durgin’s on vacation, so Matt Brouillette of the Commonwealth Foundation is hosting. It airs from 3-6 pm on WHP-580AM in Central PA, and if you can’t […]
Posted in Citizen Stories on Sep 7th, 2007 No Comments »
A Warren Times-Observer reporter, Eric Paddock, shared his paper’s struggle with the US Forest Service with us. While it’s not a tale of struggles with state government, I thought it would be nice to show readers of the blog an example of the struggles reporters face in obtaining what should be public records.
Here’s Eric’s […]