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UPDATE (8/22/2015) – See bottom of this post for the list of case documents to date. — Press Release July 9, 2015 For immediate release CONTACT: New Jersey Foundation for Open Government (NJFOG) https://njfog.org/contact/ The Housing Authority used to keep minutes for its non-public meetings – they are required to – but stopped a few years ago. At 10:00 Read More …
NJFOG previously posted an article about the June 11 Appellate Court ruling in North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Township of Lyndhurst. The decision, available here, severely restricts access to a wide range of law enforcement records that many trial courts had previously opined are public. The inevitable fallout of the Lyndhurst decision is now being felt Read More …
Another public agency sues a records requestor in strategic “first strike.” A May 20th Middlesex County hearing and subsequent ruling may help to end the practice and establish that only a requestor has the right to bring an OPRA lawsuit in line with the intent of the law. -NJFOG NJ Open Government Notes May 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 …
NJFOG board member and well-known open government activist and hall of fame winner John Paff was featured in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer! The article is re-posted below in its entirety. – NJFOG Philadelphia Inquirer / philly.com May 3, 2015 by Jan Hefler John Paff retreats to a small room in his chilly basement each morning and Read More …