Posted in Open Records News on Sep 6th, 2007 No Comments »
The Carlisle Sentinel writes that there are still too many gaming secrets, at least in regards to information on casino operators’ license applications. The Gaming Board maintains that the name of applicants’ references, as well as the letters they write, aren’t public information. The Sentinel calls their reason (”So that people can […]
Posted in passopenrecords.org news on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Hey - just a reminder that if you’re out there participating in the PA Open Records Challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Posted in Citizen Stories on Sep 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Bob Baille of State College sent us his open records story:
On March 29, Governor Rendell announced that he had selected investment firm Morgan Stanley & Company to advise him about whether or not to privatize the Turnpike.
This sounded to me like a conflict of interest, because Morgan Stanley makes money from privatizing public assets like […]
Posted in Open Records News on Sep 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Hooray for access! The Washington Observer-Reporter noted Friday that The Washington County prothonary and register of wills are posting their documents online. Some documents - such as protection-from-abuse-cases - will not be available online, and users will have to register with the county in order to gain access to the site.
Also […]