
NJFOG Study Finds Systemic Lack of Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act
In the first statewide study of municipalities, local authorities and boards of education, NJFOG examined municipal compliance with OPMA requirements. Read More …
New Jersey Foundation for Open Government
Shining a light on local government
In the first statewide study of municipalities, local authorities and boards of education, NJFOG examined municipal compliance with OPMA requirements. Read More …
Under New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), a public agency may discuss taking adverse action against a public employee in a closed (executive) meeting unless the employee being discussed exercises his or her right to have the discussion conducted in public. In order for the employee to meaningfully exercise that right, the public agency Read More …
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A New Jersey Appellate Court ruled on July 9, 2018 that a local governing body must approve at a public meeting the interpretive statement for any public question on the local ballot, such that the public will be afforded an opportunity to comment on the proposed statement language. From the article: “A three-judge Appellate Division Read More …
While allowing a lawsuit filed against the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) to proceed, a federal judge in New Jersey dismissed claims filed under state sunshine laws because the Pennsylvania legislature has not acted to apply its statute to the bi-state agency. Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey must enact substantially similar legislation to bring DRPA Read More …