Sentences with phrase «law is public record»

«We need to determine how Floridians can be better served and protected by available criminal background data, which by law is public record.»

Laws are public record and information regarding compliance is easily researchable.

Not exact matches

If it is public that you have a Blackberry and it it (sic) government and you are using, government or not, to do business, it may become an official record and subject to the law,» Powell wrote.

A man accused of initiating a «swatting» incident that resulted in the death of another man halfway across the country has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and interference with law enforcement according to court records made public on Friday.

The foregoing change is material, as it means that private / internal, centralized blockchains are given the same favorable status as public blockchains under the law, and may even leave a backdoor for legacy systems like encrypted Credit Card records stored multiple times to qualify as a «blockchain.»

Their records often aren't subject to public access laws; CCA has fought to defeat legislation that would make private prisons subject to the same disclosure rules as their public counterparts.

Attorney Eugene Pettis said the videos are exempt from release under the state's public records laws because...

School records are NEVER open to the public, as it is against the law for them to do so.

U.S. copyright laws give politicians free rein to use recorded music at their rallies, that is, if the venues possess a public performance licence issued through a songwriters» association such as ASCAP or BMI (in the U.S.) or PRS (in the U.K.).

SI's request to see the dash - cam footage was also declined; the police department, citing a North Carolina law, said that «records of criminal investigations conducted by public law enforcement agencies... are not public records.»

And so, they set up this hotline where moms who have been victimized through nursing in public incident can call and report the issue to «Best for Babes» and they are hoping that this will you know, if you can record all of them and keep records of them that they can then share these with the law making and people who will hopefully start putting this into practice into their laws.

He was also within the law if he talked to them about the rationale for the decision in that case based on (and not outside of) the judgment and related material in the Abu Ramadan case, which judgment and material is part of the public record.

New York State's Freedom of Information Law («FOIL»), codified as the Public Officers Law, Article 6, § § 84 - 90, allows members of the public the right to access government records, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in § 8Public Officers Law, Article 6, § § 84 - 90, allows members of the public the right to access government records, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in § 8public the right to access government records, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in § 87 (2).

The NYS Committee on Open Government has formally reaffirmed that public records compiled in the normal course of government activity have to be disclosed under the Freedom of Information Law, even if those records are later the subjects of an ongoing criminal investigation.

But who exactly is on the party's payroll is not clear from public records, at least in its state - level, campaign - finance filings, though that information is require by law.

Based upon the legislative intent to promote open government and public accountability for governmental actions, Freedom of Information Law provides a means of access to the records of government, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in Public Officers Law § 8public accountability for governmental actions, Freedom of Information Law provides a means of access to the records of government, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in Public Officers Law § 8Public Officers Law § 87 (2).

The order, by Justice Rosalyn H. Richter of the Appellate Division in Manhattan, had been sought by the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the city's largest police union, which this month lost its lawsuit seeking to have the videos classified as personnel records that state law exempts from public disclosure without a court order.

Most recently, this focus on secrecy was shown in the extraordinary efforts of the governor's aides to shield some of his records from public scrutiny in the State Archives, where a top Cuomo lieutenant spent nearly eight hours screening documents from Cuomo's years as attorney general that were sought by the Times Union under the Freedom of Information Law.

The law expanded the definition of prohibited assault weapons — which is the part that has most irked sheriffs — as well as raised the penalties for illegal possession of firearms, required mental health checks, and limited the public's access to records of those who have gun permits.

Weitz & Luxenberg joined other law firms that employ lawmakers in fighting against subpoenas from the now - defunct Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption that sought records of what legislators — including the speaker — were doing for their outside earnings.

The mayor has appealed a court decision requiring him to release the records of the NYPD officer at the center of Eric Garner's death, Daniel Pantaleo, event though he's said he believes the law should be changed and the records should be public.

«The undisputed evidence in the record... is that Congressman Rangel did not dispense any political favors, that he did not intentionally violate any law, rule or regulation, and that he did not misuse his public office for private gain,» the statement read.

College officials have been careful to hide it from the public record, so it can not be requested through the state's open records laws.

With potential campaign finance law violations under scrutiny, one person said, the Cohen investigation was assigned to career prosecutors in the office's elite public corruption unit, which has a track record of convicting politicians on both sides of the aisle.

«Our advice has been that if the record is clearly a public record and easy to find, there is no valid reason for unnecessarily delaying disclosure... I can't say it's not heard of, but because the provision has been part of the law since 1974, agencies are generally quick to respond.»

The bills include A. 5873 / S.4284, which will ensure that public meetings are held in facilities that are able to accommodate members of the public; A. 10093 / S.3195, which will require State and local governments to establish rules to accommodate photographs, audio or video recording of open meetings; and A. 10196 / S.7054, which will add to the remedies a court can impose when it finds a violation of the Open Meetings Law.

The legislation would make the Authority subject to open public record laws of both states, require that its meetings be open to the public, establish audit and finance committees within the body, and mandate an annual report by an independent auditor that gets sent to the governor, state comptroller and each state's Legislature.

Gross also said the ethics board is in a difficult position as an agency that keeps the financial disclosure records open for public inspection, while the board and its staff are barred by the county ethics law from disclosing confidential information.

There are numerous private nonprofit organizations and foundations across the state, many at SUNY schools, that contend they operate outside the state's open government laws, keeping their records out of reach from the public and journalists.

A newly released audit has found that some government agencies in Tennessee are violating state laws requiring them to adopt a public records policy and make it available to citizens.

A newly released audit shows that some government agencies across Tennessee are making it difficult for citizens to access public records and are even violating state law.

And despite the law, the NYPD — reeling from an era of widespread corruption in the 1970s — continued providing disciplinary records on officers to assure the public they were not returning to a time of covering up protection rackets and other types of untoward conduct.

Mangano's public calendar, which was provided to Newsday in response to a Freedom of Information Law request, is redacted on certain days, including portions of July and August 2012 and 2013, when the records show he would be vacationing at Singh's expense.

The 40 - year - old law barring the release of police disciplinary and personnel records was not enforced to assure the public of transparency following an era of NYPD corruption, DNAinfo New York reported.

Police personnel records were made available to reporters for decades, until this April, when city officials said they realized that releasing the records violated a state law shielding certain personnel files from public disclosure, except when ordered by a judge.

«The fact that records prior to 2012 have already been destroyed — coupled with the need to use freedom of information laws to get this data in the first place — will not instil confidence in the public that the Speaker's office is run with a culture of transparency and openness.»

The law firm Harris Beach said that disclosing the records sought by the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption would violate attorney - client privilege, and that the Moreland subpoena is «oppressive» in nature.

«The fact that records prior to 2012 have already been destroyed - coupled with the need to use Freedom of Information laws to get this data in the first place - will not instil confidence in the public that the Speaker's Office is run with a culture of transparency and openness.»

The Cuomo policy of using centralized software to automatically delete state employee emails after 90 days is resulting in the destruction of emails, which are considered public records under New York's Freedom of Information Law.

The records, we feel, are very pertinent and important to governmental purposes and this act in fact would violate FOIL and the public officer's law,» said Castorina at a press conference outside the Richmond County Courthouse, recalling Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito's defiant response to the threat of legal action last week.

But he and members of other good government groups are putting a priority on strengthening FOIL in other ways, including passing a law that would mandate the payment of attorneys» fees to a plaintiff when a court finds that an agency had no «reasonable basis» to deny access to a public record.

The issue: An obscure section of the state civil rights law that shields myriad police, correction officer and paid firefighter employee records from public disclosure isn't known that well at the Capitol.

«For the purposes of Your Lordship's record and because of the public interest that this case seems to unnecessarily attract, our proposal was made in accordance with established laws and there is no fixation on Section 270 of the ACJA.

DeFrancisco's Syracuse law firm received $ 187,525 in state tax credits between 2002 and 2013 by taking advantage of a loophole under the now - defunct Empire Zone program that was designed to attract big businesses and jobs to needy areas, public records show.

«Whether this sort of harassment should be countenanced is not about any particular political or special - interest groups; instead, it is a fundamental question about whether anyone can use (or, rather, misuse) public record laws to stifle science,» the legal defense fund said in the amicus brief.

The E&E Legal Institute then weighed in, responding to the claims of the university and the public record's custodian in stating that it is in the public interest to ensure «transparency» of academic research that taxpayers finance and that the state's public record laws allow for such public disclosure.

Between the lines, you can sort of hear: «If the public thinks that we record conversations in their homes and make them available to law enforcement, that's the end of our Echo product line!»

On a related privacy issue, AUPs should remind educators that since anything they write on district - owned computers is subject to disclosure under state public records law, they should not put anything in print that they would not want the public to see.

The California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) has repeatedly gone on record debunking and factually proving that charters are public schools, kids in charters are achieving academically, charters are non-profits, comply with federal and state laws, are held to exceptionally high standards of accountability, and supports anyone from the community whose primary concern is advocating and creating high quality education opportunities for students.

Chau's bill is the third consecutive legislative attempt at making it a legal requirement that charter schools adhere to the open meeting, public records and conflict of interest laws.