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 …
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Rice notices need not be given to tenured school board employees
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 …
Senate Budget Committee to hear OPMA and OPRA modernization bills, Monday Oct. 15th
You can help pass Open Meetings and Open Records reform legislation. Read More …
The public must be allowed to review the interpretive statements for local ballot questions, says Appellate Court
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 …
Judge dismisses Sunshine Law claims against DRPA, calls on PA Legislature to pass reform
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 …