Does privatization of a public service mean that information is no longer a matter of public record?

Does data once publicly available become non-public with the move to privatization? A new lawsuit asks that salient question. The particular issue in this case is the privatization of public water resources, a move that many of the state’s local governments have made or are now considering. A request by public advocacy organization Food and Read More …

EDITORIAL: Jailhouse texts show worth of N.J. records law

Our friends at the Camden NAACP were successful in achieving disclosure of internal affairs documents regarding the exchange of racist texts among corrections officers. -NJFOG   By South Jersey Times Editorial Board South Jersey Times | NJ.com February 19, 2016     Continue reading here.   —   RELATED POST: https://njfog.org/2015/11/18/camden-county-judge-allows-release-of-racist-texts/        

Camden County Judge allows release of racist texts

Courier-Post By Jim Walsh Nov. 17, 2015 (full article here) CAMDEN – Corrections officers who smuggled cellphones into Camden County Jail had no right to privacy once the phones were discovered by investigators, a state judge said Monday. Superior Court Judge Louis Meloni made that finding in rejecting an effort to keep secret more than Read More …