New Jersey Foundation for Open Government
Shining a light on local government
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 …
The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) now has on its website the basic information needed to request public records from the agency. On March 24, NJFOG officer John Paff sent DRPA an email describing problems with the records request procedure listed on the agency’s website. While requiring that DRPA’s own form be filled out and Read More …
On March 27, we reported that NJFOG trustee John Paff had researched the process for requesting public records from the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) – which is not subject to OPRA – and found almost comical shortcomings, including requirements to use DRPA’s agency-specific form and to submit it to their designated open records officer Read More …
In September of last year, the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed reform legislation that, among other things, would bring the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) under the open public records laws of both Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The bill was not taken up by the House, however, and died at the end of Pennsylvania’s 2013-2014 legislative Read More …