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The League of Municipalities is hosting a seminar next month on compliance with the Local Government Ethics Law, a topic that has been the subject of numerous NJFOG posts. Sessions are Oct. 19 and Oct. 26, 2016. We hope the League recommends disclosure for matters that fall into “the gray area.” Sunlight is best! Read More …
The New Jersey League of Municipalities in cooperation with the New Jersey Government Records Council is holding a seminar on the topic of “OPRA In Depth: Redactions, Personal Privacy, Security, ACD, and Attorney Client Privilege” on Tuesday, December 1, 2015 from 9:00a.m.-12:30p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel located on 700 Hope Road in Tinton Falls, NJ 07724. Read More …
Disappointingly, OPMA and OPRA reform bills S781 and S782, which were scheduled for a 6/23 vote by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, were pulled from the Committee’s agenda. This follows multiple revisions and intense negotiations by many interested parties. NJFOG, the ACLU-NJ, NJPA and SPJ-NJ all supported the bills with Senator Weinberg’s amendments, which Read More …