Sentences with phrase «open access to public records»

In certain circles, the notion of spreading some sunshine — offering transparency and open access to public records — has garnered major support.

Not exact matches

The New York Post and 13 other news organizations are asking a Manhattan judge to keep open the public's access to NYPD body - cam footage after the police union sued the city to keep the recordings private.

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).

For the third year in a row, the state Committee on Open Government is calling for the repeal or overhaul of a controversial statute that blocks public access to the disciplinary records of police and correction officers, as well as firefighters.

WOODSTOCK >> Disputes involving the Woodstock Library brought state Committee on Open Government Executive Director Robert Freeman to the town Wednesday for a discussion of state law providing for open meetings and public access to recoOpen Government Executive Director Robert Freeman to the town Wednesday for a discussion of state law providing for open meetings and public access to recoopen meetings and public access to records.

If you want more information, you can read the official state memo covering everything from the exemption of SGP scores from the state's Open Public Records Act and the process for administrators to access data through a centralized information - management system, to corrective action plans for low - rated educators and legal requirements for tenure cases, to the score certification process and accessing official course roster data.

School board policy at North White Pine County states that the board has established its commitment to families and the community by creating and maintaining policies to provide for the transparency of public records, for having open board meetings, for allowing community groups to use school facilities, and for allowing visitors to have access to the schools.

They can outsource school operations to private entities that can evade transparency laws for open meetings, public access to records, and financial disclosures.

These laws exist to ensure that state government (including all public agencies, public schools, and other state run entities) will provide open access to the records and information possessed by the state.

UCS» report laments scientists at public universities, research institutes, and federal agencies are subjected to demands for information under a variety of state open - records laws and the 1967 federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which was designed to hold government agencies accountable by providing the public with access to records from any federal agency.

Seemingly contradicting this statement, Michael Halpern, CSD program manager and author of Freedom to Bully, says open - records laws should be amended to limit information available to the public, including limits on public access to e-mails between scientists, research notes, and primary data, telling the Associated Press, «We don't want to work in an environment where every keystroke is subject to public records.»

Noting that the document was the result of a public consultation concerning electronic access to court records and its impacts on the open court principle, individual privacy and security rights, the Findings cite the Model Policy's guiding principles:

Our attorneys are experienced in all aspects of Pennsylvania's Right - to Know Law, frequently representing requesters, public agencies and interested third parties in litigation before the Office of Open Records and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government rRecords and Pennsylvania's appellate courts concerning requests for, and access to, government recordsrecords.

We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington state and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access - to - court rulings, and media law.»

I've found myself onboth sides of the natural tension between open public records and privacy law, but open records law is really about how our officials and government entities do their job, not about access to the intimate detials of ordinary citizens» lives.

The issue of balancing the right of the public to open courts with the right of an individual to privacy was tackled in 2003 in a discussion paper by the Canadian Judicial Council Judges Technology Advisory Committee (JTAC) titled «Open Courts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy&raqopen courts with the right of an individual to privacy was tackled in 2003 in a discussion paper by the Canadian Judicial Council Judges Technology Advisory Committee (JTAC) titled «Open Courts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy&raqOpen Courts, Electronic Access to Court Records, and Privacy».

Faster, more open and affordable access to court records and proceedings will help the public and the media be full witnesses to the administration of justice.»

Next comes Board (s), plural, because many within the ranks must pay fees to more than one board in order to access this hallowed information that the fight is about (no board membership, no MLS access); and there can be no provincial or federal association membership without board membership first in line; yet the concept of the brouhaha is to make this record keeping process wide open, available for free to the public at large — but not free to the membership.