Opinion: A very necessary right-to-know ruling
November 10, 2010 |
It seems like such a small thing. But if
Pennsylvania's revised Right-to-Know Law is to
represent public access to public records, there
need to be rulings such as the one made last
week.
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Opinion: Commonwealth Court denies charges for labor costs
November 09, 2010 |
On November 4, 2010, the Commonwealth Court in
its decision, State Employees' Retirement System
v. Office of Open Records, No. 152 C.D. 2010, by
Senior Judge Flaherty, denied a claim by SERS for
labor charges in complying with a Right-to-Know
request as a cost "necessarily incurred" under 65
P.S. § 67.1307(g). Read
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Opinion: Transparency government's business cost
November 08, 2010 |
Even as the state Legislature ponders serious
rollbacks to the state's 2-year-old Right to Know
Law, the state Commonwealth Court has rendered a
wise decision that should dissuade those who want
to restrict public access to public information.
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Court: Charges for open-records requests limited
November 05, 2010 |
HARRISBURG — Government agencies cannot charge
people seeking public records for the time agency
employees spend complying with requests made
under Pennsylvania's Right-to-Know Law in certain
cases, a state Commonwealth Court panel ruled
Thursday. Read
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Charging fees would limit citizens' access to information
October 11, 2010 |
HARRISBURG -- Jennifer Hara, a mother of four who
drives a school bus, worries about bills pending
before the General Assembly that would make it
harder to access government records at a time
when many Pennsylvanians are challenging gas
drilling. "Any degradation of the Right to Know
laws would hurt efforts to get more information
on Marcellus shale," said Hara of Enola, during a
recent gathering about property owners' rights on
the huge natural gas formation in Pennsylvania.
A Senate-passed bill would allow governments to charge people for reviewing records, even if they do not request copies. The Senate bill allows local governments to charge up to half of the 25-cents per page copying fee for records people request but do not copy.
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A Senate-passed bill would allow governments to charge people for reviewing records, even if they do not request copies. The Senate bill allows local governments to charge up to half of the 25-cents per page copying fee for records people request but do not copy.
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RTK Law fee schedule doesn't apply to court case files
September 02, 2010 |
Q: Does the fee schedule for the new Right to
Know Law apply to criminal case files in the
Magisterial District Courts? Read
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