PaFOIC RSShttp://www.openrecordspa.org/index.htmlNews from the PaFOICeninfo@openrecordspa.orgCopyright 2009 Kim de B2010-05-25T20:20:46-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:22:14 -0400State court: ESU must open recordsinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesPaFOICRight to Know LawESUOpen meetingsPaSSHE2010-05-25T20:20:46-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/2ec250b18dbf510a8e9ab3696222f930-358.html#unique-entry-id-358http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/2ec250b18dbf510a8e9ab3696222f930-358.html#unique-entry-id-358ESU appeals court's open-records rulinginfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesRight to Know LawOpen recordsPaSSHEESU2010-07-14T20:17:10-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/a12004a6f66c2f7d32d3ff96856ced5b-357.html#unique-entry-id-357http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/a12004a6f66c2f7d32d3ff96856ced5b-357.html#unique-entry-id-357Pa. state police ordered to disclose moonlighting info@openrecordspa.orgRight to Know LawRTK request storiesOpen recordsPa. State Police2010-07-15T20:13:09-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/2e31a1800d577b8af5d3212f0182eb56-356.html#unique-entry-id-356http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/2e31a1800d577b8af5d3212f0182eb56-356.html#unique-entry-id-356Lackawanna County stadium naming contract must be made public, state saysinfo@openrecordspa.orgNews2010-04-20T19:30:48-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f3a5ad76727b9faa067cc7a8dba0b046-355.html#unique-entry-id-355http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f3a5ad76727b9faa067cc7a8dba0b046-355.html#unique-entry-id-355Newspaper contends Highlands violated state Sunshine Lawinfo@openrecordspa.orgSunshine ActOpen meetings2010-04-20T19:27:36-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ff74cacc5c96f71680a6878d9e9fa06f-354.html#unique-entry-id-354http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ff74cacc5c96f71680a6878d9e9fa06f-354.html#unique-entry-id-354Opinion: Public matters can't hide behind lawinfo@openrecordspa.orgSunshine ActOpen meetingsOpinionGovernment transparency2010-04-03T18:56:20-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/22b786eee2209cd0bc781da84ba3d90d-353.html#unique-entry-id-353http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/22b786eee2209cd0bc781da84ba3d90d-353.html#unique-entry-id-353Panel provides insight into Pennsylvania’s Right to Know Lawinfo@openrecordspa.orgRight to Know LawOpen recordsOffice of Open Records2010-04-09T18:49:29-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/7352fce7166538f7975b3e21dc63a9e4-352.html#unique-entry-id-352http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/7352fce7166538f7975b3e21dc63a9e4-352.html#unique-entry-id-352]]>NCC forum discusses new Right to Know law, open recordsinfo@openrecordspa.orgRight to Know LawOpen recordsTerry MutchlerPaFOIC2010-04-14T21:51:36-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2b9f504ba776f899d34f9b075cfd095-351.html#unique-entry-id-351http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2b9f504ba776f899d34f9b075cfd095-351.html#unique-entry-id-351
At a Tuesday night forum at Northampton Community College's Tannersville campus, the public got a better sense of this new law. The forum was sponsored by the Pocono Record and NCC.]]>Opinion: OOR can't order payment of legal feesinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionPNA LegalOpen recordsRight to Know Law2010-04-08T19:13:22-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/21d327df890fbcd8e48b804c641853ea-350.html#unique-entry-id-350http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/21d327df890fbcd8e48b804c641853ea-350.html#unique-entry-id-350Q: I recently filed an appeal with the Office of Open Records. The agency has asked the Office of Open Records to order me or my newspaper to pay the agency’s legal fees related to the appeal. The agency argues that my request is “frivolous” because I requested the same record under the old law and was denied. Can the Office of Open Records order me to pay the agency’s legal fees resulting from the OOR appeal?]]>Stadium Authority meeting criticizedinfo@openrecordspa.orgSunshine ActOpen meetingsPittsburgh2010-03-31T17:28:22-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c12c355a68dca2578a7ea33148c8bc15-349.html#unique-entry-id-349http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c12c355a68dca2578a7ea33148c8bc15-349.html#unique-entry-id-349Ex-official: Show me the moneyinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesRight to Know LawOpen recordsMontgomery County2010-03-01T16:16:57-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/0ee623548e7be7f4fd8e3b1465e865aa-348.html#unique-entry-id-348http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/0ee623548e7be7f4fd8e3b1465e865aa-348.html#unique-entry-id-348Opinion: Coroner rulings are a matter of public recordinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionLancaster Co.Coroner recordsRight to Know LawOpen records2010-03-02T16:13:16-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/0609febb6596b5c6c2258024851247ec-347.html#unique-entry-id-347http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/0609febb6596b5c6c2258024851247ec-347.html#unique-entry-id-347]]>Troopers criticized over withholdinginfo@openrecordspa.orgPa. State PoliceOpen recordsGovernment transparencyCourt records2010-02-25T16:10:33-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/11bfcb0e84f41d28432765d7d088510d-346.html#unique-entry-id-346http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/11bfcb0e84f41d28432765d7d088510d-346.html#unique-entry-id-346Opinion: Clean Streams Act makes DEP records publicinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionPNA LegalOpen recordsDEPRight to Know Law2010-02-25T16:06:27-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/70163c9cbdc86071ccab5cad42c9c476-345.html#unique-entry-id-345http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/70163c9cbdc86071ccab5cad42c9c476-345.html#unique-entry-id-345Q: I want to look at applications filed with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Can the DEP deny my request?]]>Dad seeks to block report in son's deathinfo@openrecordspa.orgRight to Know LawOpen recordsCumberland Co.Coroner records2010-02-17T16:04:19-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/64404add89373613a0b67f34a5544514-344.html#unique-entry-id-344http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/64404add89373613a0b67f34a5544514-344.html#unique-entry-id-344Montgomery County requests more timeinfo@openrecordspa.orgRight to Know LawMontgomery CountyOpen recordsRTK request stories2010-02-24T16:01:56-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/d5638508361b9a3a8b8e184a54a1eb7b-343.html#unique-entry-id-343http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/d5638508361b9a3a8b8e184a54a1eb7b-343.html#unique-entry-id-343Office of Open Records requests higher fundinginfo@openrecordspa.orgOffice of Open Records2010-02-18T15:57:54-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/5e3ea8e5d2dbb1560cfcdb4539b99d54-342.html#unique-entry-id-342http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/5e3ea8e5d2dbb1560cfcdb4539b99d54-342.html#unique-entry-id-342Opinion: Minutes public after next meeting; recordings public when createdinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionPNA LegalOpen meetingsSunshine Act2010-02-18T15:52:39-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b9a740ca289584ce24f580bf6e5f9296-341.html#unique-entry-id-341http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b9a740ca289584ce24f580bf6e5f9296-341.html#unique-entry-id-341Q: I requested copies of a local agency’s minutes and audio recording from a meeting held in early December, 2009. I was denied on the basis that meeting minutes aren’t public until they have been formally approved, and the audio recording is exempt as a “personal use” record. There have been three meetings since early December. Can the agency deny access to minutes and the audio recording at this point?]]>Yankees file brief in court fight with The Times-Tribune over concessionaire bid recordsinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesLackawanna Co.Right to Know Law2010-01-29T15:47:59-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3f14fd658e2bf628f3813a042e087161-340.html#unique-entry-id-340http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3f14fd658e2bf628f3813a042e087161-340.html#unique-entry-id-340Opinion: Cell phones may be used to record meetingsinfo@openrecordspa.orgSunshine ActPNA LegalOpen meetingsOpinion2010-01-14T15:44:03-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/5eb0074b7149f745f35852b9ca191b6f-339.html#unique-entry-id-339http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/5eb0074b7149f745f35852b9ca191b6f-339.html#unique-entry-id-339Q: I recently attended a public meeting and was told that I could not use my cell phone to record the proceedings because cell phones are not approved by the board as an appropriate recording device and because I didn’t get permission to record in advance. Can the agency do that?]]>Ruling: County must make prison receipts publicinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesOpen recordsRight to Know LawLackawanna Co.2010-01-13T15:40:51-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/cbc19f161eae4d2c55bd491326010ea2-338.html#unique-entry-id-338http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/cbc19f161eae4d2c55bd491326010ea2-338.html#unique-entry-id-338Opinion: Agency can't take additional extensioninfo@openrecordspa.orgPNA LegalRight to Know LawOpen records2010-01-07T15:34:49-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c5dedf267a8c2615b0c0e08cb05aef06-337.html#unique-entry-id-337http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c5dedf267a8c2615b0c0e08cb05aef06-337.html#unique-entry-id-337Q: An agency requested an additional 30 calendar days in which to respond to my Right to Know Law request. On the 30th day, I received a letter stating that the records are public but the agency will take an additional three months to compile and copy them due to staffing limitations. Can the agency extend their time for response like that?]]>Open records ruling goes against countyinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsRight to Know Law2010-01-03T15:32:17-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b1fe99608a87768b6b3f42ebd719909a-336.html#unique-entry-id-336http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b1fe99608a87768b6b3f42ebd719909a-336.html#unique-entry-id-336Office of Open Records rules text messages from Wind Gap police chief's cell phone are public recordinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesOpen records2010-03-25T14:56:38-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c9cbf85331aa502dd8e4c3d1be19a4b3-334.html#unique-entry-id-334http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/c9cbf85331aa502dd8e4c3d1be19a4b3-334.html#unique-entry-id-334Opinion: House passes damaging open meetings billinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionOpen meetingsSunshine Act2010-03-18T14:30:35-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/22c9baf755b8de8660865d296aa0be9c-333.html#unique-entry-id-333http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/22c9baf755b8de8660865d296aa0be9c-333.html#unique-entry-id-333Opinion: Bill puts open meetings in perilinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinionSunshine ActOpen meetingsGovernment transparency2010-03-21T14:24:25-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/40f92bdfa3ac1705499925d966e2c353-332.html#unique-entry-id-332http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/40f92bdfa3ac1705499925d966e2c353-332.html#unique-entry-id-332Opinion: Clouding up Sunshine Lawinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpinion Sunshine ActOpen meetingsGovernment transparency2010-03-22T14:20:55-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/105eebf6c4f2e99cc2f9ce5fa9c6e55f-331.html#unique-entry-id-331http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/105eebf6c4f2e99cc2f9ce5fa9c6e55f-331.html#unique-entry-id-331]]>Opinion: Open records still a work in progressinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsRight to Know LawOpinion2010-03-18T18:57:56-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3cdde64c37c382ad83105da847a14ce4-330.html#unique-entry-id-330http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3cdde64c37c382ad83105da847a14ce4-330.html#unique-entry-id-330]]>Opinion: Citizens have duty to monitor governmentinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen meetingsOpinionRight to Know LawGovernment transparency2010-03-14T18:52:17-04:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/7a6a58b0f62240b062cf577febafe929-329.html#unique-entry-id-329http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/7a6a58b0f62240b062cf577febafe929-329.html#unique-entry-id-329]]>Pennsylvanians have better access to their government — but there's room to improveinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsRight to Know Law2010-03-14T00:00:00-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ab4770d70cbb4f8f217ad4f8db30a09-328.html#unique-entry-id-328http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ab4770d70cbb4f8f217ad4f8db30a09-328.html#unique-entry-id-328]]>Pennsylvania Sunshine Act: Improvements neededinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen meetingsSunshine ActPNA Legal2010-01-18T18:26:49-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/d532886b3fa8427b2d1d3ed4b469b064-327.html#unique-entry-id-327http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/d532886b3fa8427b2d1d3ed4b469b064-327.html#unique-entry-id-327Court says government must prove need to keep information secretinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesOpen recordsOffice of Open RecordsPEMA2010-02-09T13:36:28-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/78c57130b7aa2783b8da35d3ee9adace-326.html#unique-entry-id-326http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/78c57130b7aa2783b8da35d3ee9adace-326.html#unique-entry-id-326Opinion: No blanket exemption for email on personal accountinfo@openrecordspa.orgPNA LegalOpinionOpen recordsEmail2010-01-28T19:35:28-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ce7b306204c117a596e8cd320e143f0-325.html#unique-entry-id-325http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/4ce7b306204c117a596e8cd320e143f0-325.html#unique-entry-id-325Q: I requested access to e-mails sent between council members and the mayor of a local agency. The agency denied my request on the basis that the agency does not provide e-mail accounts to council or the mayor, and the e-mails are sent from personal e-mail addresses. Can they do that?]]>WGAL-TV appeals ruling barring it from information on college student's deathinfo@openrecordspa.orgOffice of Open RecordsOpen recordsRTK request storiesCumberland Co.2010-01-26T21:55:12-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ffa0e5c9bc2cb29644d2808cb58c48ee-324.html#unique-entry-id-324http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/ffa0e5c9bc2cb29644d2808cb58c48ee-324.html#unique-entry-id-324Bucks County appeals state Office of Open Records decisioninfo@openrecordspa.orgOffice of Open RecordsOpen recordsRTK request storiesBucks Co.2010-01-23T00:00:27-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8e2349bef13bb5c4cfcf25aa37a2aff4-323.html#unique-entry-id-323http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8e2349bef13bb5c4cfcf25aa37a2aff4-323.html#unique-entry-id-323Prison board OKs release of inmate photographsinfo@openrecordspa.orgRTK request storiesOpen recordsMercer Co.2010-01-26T20:53:18-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2009c4b8f80c70a040c5f695dd63423-322.html#unique-entry-id-322http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b2009c4b8f80c70a040c5f695dd63423-322.html#unique-entry-id-322Judge rules to release names as sewer records fight ends after 8 monthsinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsSharonOffice of Open RecordsRTK request stories2010-01-27T08:23:25-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/73361b3766d1de8a8f34d0a8459cc590-321.html#unique-entry-id-321http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/73361b3766d1de8a8f34d0a8459cc590-321.html#unique-entry-id-321Allentown sues Morning Call, reporter, open records officeinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsAllentownOffice of Open RecordsRTK request stories2010-01-27T19:14:44-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f0a54b701adad2d9307191b3ba818041-320.html#unique-entry-id-320http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/f0a54b701adad2d9307191b3ba818041-320.html#unique-entry-id-320State revises access policy for court documentsinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsJudicial records2010-01-27T22:09:07-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8fc0e4eb343b8abfe52b918d106dc8ea-319.html#unique-entry-id-319http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/8fc0e4eb343b8abfe52b918d106dc8ea-319.html#unique-entry-id-319]]>Beaver Co. Times' open records appeal upheldinfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsRTK request storiesOffice of Open Records2010-01-13T18:24:52-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b84871341ddce9e553b8c1e946a0f5fc-318.html#unique-entry-id-318http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b84871341ddce9e553b8c1e946a0f5fc-318.html#unique-entry-id-318Ruling: County must make prison receipts publicinfo@openrecordspa.orgLackawanna Co.RTK request storiesOpen records2010-01-13T16:23:20-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3daf739ace3e6fad88e32c3147100846-317.html#unique-entry-id-317http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/3daf739ace3e6fad88e32c3147100846-317.html#unique-entry-id-317Allentown fights open records rulinginfo@openrecordspa.orgOpen recordsRTK request storiesOffice of Open RecordsAllentown2010-01-10T16:19:31-05:00http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b3da2354babd693d3c2920de0bd6d0fd-316.html#unique-entry-id-316http://www.openrecordspa.org/news_files/b3da2354babd693d3c2920de0bd6d0fd-316.html#unique-entry-id-316