«Now we have third - party intermediary, they have a kind of privacy shield, they're not subject to
state public record laws, and they have departments sign contracts that they are going to keep this secret.»
For that reason, lawmakers say charter schools should be bound by the same
state public record laws as traditional schools.
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.
State public records laws allow members of the public to get documents and other public records from state and local governments.
In 2013, ALEC began adding a disclaimer to the bottom of all its documents stating: «Because this is an internal ALEC document, ALEC believes it is not subject to disclosure under any state Freedom of Information or Public Records Act,» which CMD speculated could be an attempt to sidestep
state public records laws.
April McCullum Burlington Free Press A Vermont judge has rejected the argument that the Vermont Attorney General's Office is exempt from
state public records law and ordered the office to release some documents.
In addition, we counsel and defend insurer clients regarding protection of trade secrets in connection with regulatory filings and disclosure under
state public records laws.
Not exact matches
But data obtained under
public record laws from those
states - New York, Virginia, Oklahoma and Florida - provide a snapshot.
The Wisconsin
State Journal reported that information last week based on emails WEDC released under the state's Public Records
State Journal reported that information last week based on emails WEDC released under the
state's Public Records
state's
Public Records Law.
Attorney Eugene Pettis said the videos are exempt from release under the
state's
public records laws because...
The bills proposed Friday by lawmakers would also create exemptions from the
state's
public -
records law to protect the privacy of victims and provide money to raze and reconstruct the building where the shooting occurred.
From the legal perspective, the Hearings Officer also has concerns that having the
State rely upon a private organization to archive data could run afoul of the
State's
public records laws...
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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 § 8
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 § 8
public the right to access government
records, with certain Exceptions that are enumerated in § 87 (2).
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.
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.
New York
State's Freedom of Information
Law (FOIL) has guaranteed
public access to many types of government
records since 1974.
Not a scrap of footage from NYPD body - worn cameras can come into
public view, Appellate Justice Rosalyn Richter ruled Monday, while the court considers a demand from the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association to bury the videos forever, on the ground that releasing it violates a
state law keeping cop personnel
records secret..
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.
All other
states have some sort of open
records law on the books, but few have an agency quite like COG, which functions in part as a kind of
public help desk.
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.
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.
The Empire Center for New York
State Policy had requested the information through a Freedom of Information
Law request in order to update its
public records website seethroughny.net.
The department will also revise its website to include a list of
records it maintains and links to the
state Committee on Open Government website and relevant provisions of the
state Public Officers
Law, and will produce a memorandum to «set forth procedures for receiving and responding» to Freedom of Information requests and appeals and providing electronic versions of
records.
Much like how they've refused to grant interviews, the Cuomo administration has also dragged its feet in providing
public records we requested under the
state Freedom of Information
Law.
ALBANY — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will spend another $ 300,000 of
public money to assist several
law firms — including the one that employs him — as they fight subpoenas from a
state anti-corruption panel,
state records show.
In response to ESD's repeated delays and denials of Freedom of Information
Law (FOIL) requests, Reclaim New York (Reclaim) filed a lawsuit today in
State Supreme Court against New York
State's lead economic development agency to obtain
public records related to how the agency spent $ 246.5 million on advertising initiatives.
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.
«I believe we should change the
state law and make these
records public,» de Blasio said on his weekly visit to the Brian Lehrer radio show Thursday.
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 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.
Several other ideas, like a
state hotline for sexual harassment complaints, a statewide database of medical
records and $ 4 million for a new office to police campaign finance
laws and eventually set up a system of
public matching funds, have appeared in newspapers in the days ahead of Cuomo's speech.
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
records.
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.
Lawmakers also agreed to expand the
state's
public disclosure
law, requiring thousands of nonprofit groups that provide services to disabled and mentally ill people to make
records of abuse and neglect
public.
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.
The Arizona Board of Regents and the
state's custodian of the university's
records contested the reversal, arguing that the trial court disregarded the
state's
public disclosure
law and the «legitimate interests» of the university.
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.
In order to make Freedom of Information
Law (FOIL) requests to SUNY Downstate Medical Center pursuant to New York
State Public Officers
Law, you may submit a written request describing the material to the
Records Access Officer in one of the following ways:
Office of System and School Improvement (OSSI) School Safety Center
State Report Card Data and Reports Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Offices and Programs Bulletins Districts / Schools: Maps & Websites Directory Jobs at OSPI Contracts
Public records Rule - making
Laws & Regulations
The project involved scores of interviews with
state and local education and
law - enforcement officials, other experts, teachers, principals, parents, and victims, as well as an extensive review of court documents, journal articles, and
public - policy
records.
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.
A 2009 study by the Fordham Center on
Law and
Public Policy on Children's Educational
Records and Privacy recommended
state measures to protect its citizens.
Lenders should know how
state laws and authorizer practices hold charter schools accountable; look at every pertinent
public record including intervention and probation notices; and ask their own tough questions about trends in academic performance and evidence of fiscal stewardship.
AB 913, by Assemblyman Ed Chau, D - Monterey Park, sponsored by the California School Boards Association and the California Teachers Association, calls for charter schools to meet the mandates of the
state's landmark open meeting
laws - the Brown Act and Bagley - Keene Act - as well as the California
Public Records Act.