Sentences with phrase «state public records law»

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.

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.

For that reason, lawmakers say charter schools should be bound by the same state public record laws as traditional schools.

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.

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.

«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.»

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 RecordsState Journal reported that information last week based on emails WEDC released under the state's Public Recordsstate'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 § 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).

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:

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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.