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The drafters of OPRA wisely required records custodians, absent a good reason, to either grant or deny access to requested records within seven business days. Without a hard deadline, records requests could be stalled indefinitely. In a December 9, 2015 letter, the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) asked the Government Records Council to Read More …
The New Jersey League of Municipalities in cooperation with the New Jersey Government Records Council is holding a webinar titled “A Review of the Open Public Records Act” Webinar on December 10, 2015 from 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. This webinar will assist the public, local government employees, governing bodies, departments, boards and commissions to better understand the mandatory 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 …
The GRC is holding its annual OPRA seminar in Trenton on Wednesday, August 12. NJFOG is attending. According to OPRA, one of the missions of the Government Records Council (“GRC”) is to educate the public about OPRA. Most years since it was created, the GRC has held an annual seminar that is open to Read More …