Taxpayer costs add up in disputes over records
December 24, 2009 |
POTTSTOWN — As it turns out, freedom of
information is not free. The changes to
Pennsylvania's Right to Know Law come at a cost
to taxpayers, say officials with the Pottstown
School District — $13,217 to be exact -- and
that's just the legal fees.
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Commissioner charged for township information
August 12, 2009 |
A York Township commissioner said he shouldn't
have to file Right-to-Know requests to the
township to get information that he plans to
address during board of commissioner meetings.
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York Township commissioner publicizes RTK requesters
May 12, 2009 |
A York Township commissioner said Tuesday night
the public should know how much Right-to-Know
requests are costing the township and taxpayers.
As part of a presentation during Tuesday's
meeting, commissioner Paul Knepper used an
overhead projector to show the names of people
who had made requests and how much each request
had cost the township and the person.
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PNA Legal Hotline: Fee schedule for criminal case files
March 26, 2009 |
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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Office of Open Records: No fees for emailing electronic records
March 26, 2009 |
The Office of Open Records says agencies may not
charge per-page duplication fees when emailing
records that already exist in electronic format.
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Prothonotary’s office now offers documents free in digital form
March 16, 2009 |
It used to be that when you wanted a copy of a
civil lawsuit filed in Lancaster County, you
shelled out a few bucks at the courthouse and
walked away with a stack of papers. The county
prothonotary's office now provides those records
for free in digital form. And by the end of the
year, most will be online. Read
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Pa. open-records chief shows independent spirit
December 06, 2008 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Weeks before the state
Office of Open Records opens for
business, it's clear that office director Terry
Mutchler is not going to simply carry the water
for Gov. Ed Rendell — the man who appointed her
and is technically her boss. Read
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Agencies to charge for access to records
November 29, 2008 |
Gov. Ed Rendell, who enacted the state's expanded
open-records law with his signature, might be one
of the first to violate it if state agencies
follow a directive his office has issued.
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Pennsylvania sets fee for copying public records
November 26, 2008 |
HARRISBURG — People
seeking most government records will soon pay no
more than 25 cents a page under a new state
policy. The fee system, set by the newly created
Office of Open Records, will apply to all state
agencies and municipal governments when the
state's Right to Know Law takes effect Jan.
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Pa. record copies limited to a quarter a page
November 22, 2008 |
HARRISBURG (AP) —
Starting next year, citizens seeking copies of
most public records in Pennsylvania won't be
charged more than a quarter a page, under an
order that the state's open-records chief plans
to issue Monday.
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