The Pennsylvania Society of News Editors is disappointed in Gov. Tom Wolf’s attempt to dismiss the executive director of the Office of Open Records. Read More…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) —The Pennsylvania attorney general's office on Thursday asked for more time before a hearing about who should serve as director of the state Office of Open Records. The filing by lawyers who represent Gov. Tom Wolf, the open records agency and a state department wrote that they want to interview Erik Arneson, who was fired from the position last week by the newly sworn-in governor. Read More…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The Republican majority in the Pennsylvania Senate is suing Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf over his firing of his predecessor's appointee as head of the state Office of Open Records. Read More…

The Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition believes that the position of executive director of the Office of Open Records is not one that can be terminated at will. Certainly the executive director can be removed for cause as that phrase has been legally determined by the Pennsylvania courts. But to advocate for an interpretation that the head of an agency charged with ruling on the public nature of executive branch records serves at the pleasure of the Governor subverts the critical independent nature of that office. Read More…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (January 23, 2015) — The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association considers the establishment of Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records to be among the most important changes to Pennsylvania’s 2008 Right to Know Law. Before the Act was amended in 2008, citizens had to file an action in court to challenge an agency’s denial of records, often at great expense and great delay. Read More…

HARRISBURG - So much for a honeymoon. On his second day in office, Gov. Wolf rescinded more than two dozen eleventh-hour appointments by his predecessor - firing the state's new open records officer, canceling judicial nominations, and effectively booting the former lieutenant governor from Temple University's board of trustees. Read More…

Cheers to York County solicitor Mike Flannelly for confirming one of our predictions from several years ago when the state's new open records law was being debated: A more liberal open records law would be a bigger boon to businesses and regular citizens than to "the media." Read More…

Fayette County commissioners canceled their first meeting of the year within 15 minutes of its 10 a.m. start on Tuesday because it was not advertised. Read More…

Signaling a commitment to transparency from Day One, Gov.-elect Tom Wolf is expected to sign a executive order on Tuesday about openness in government and follow it up with training on Wednesday for himself and his Cabinet on the state's Right to Know Law. Read More…

York County's Office of Open Records processed a record number of Right to Know requests in 2014, but the majority didn't come from who you might expect.
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