ORR Holds that the Investigative File of a Municipality’s Insurance Company is Not a Public Record Right to Know Law Blog June 10, 2019
OOR Determines that a School Bus Surveillance Video is a Public Record (708(b)(17); FERPA) Right to Know Law Blog May 29, 2019
Statements of Financial Interest Cannot be Redacted (Section 306; Ethics Act) Right to Know Law Blog May 20, 2019
Appointment Calendars Are Not Public Records (Section 708(b)(12)) Right to Know Law Blog May 13, 2019
Agencies Can Refer Requesters to their Websites When Responding to Requests (Section 704(b)) Right to Know Law Blog May 7, 2019
Duties and Deadlines RTKL Post Appears in the May edition of Borough New Magazine News, Right to Know Law Blog May 1, 2019
Requesters Can Submit RTKL Requests for Records that they Already Possess Because the Identity and Motivation of the Requester is Irrelevant under the RTKL (Section 301(b)) Right to Know Law Blog April 29, 2019
Appeals to Court are Not Court Orders that Prevent Subsequent RTKL Requests for the Same Records (Sections 305 and 1302) Right to Know Law Blog April 22, 2019
Agencies Must Prove that the Release of Security Footage will Endanger Public Safety and the Physical Security of a Building (Sections 708(b)(2) and 708(b)(3)) Right to Know Law Blog April 17, 2019
Not All Information Contained in an Agency Employee’s File is a Public Record. Right to Know Law Blog April 9, 2019
Information Contained in an Agency’s Database is “Record” under the RTKL (Section 705) Right to Know Law Blog March 26, 2019
“Can I Charge Fees for That?” FAQs Regarding Permissible Fees under the RTKL Right to Know Law Blog March 15, 2019
Requests Must Seek Records, Not Ask Questions (Section 703) – Insufficiently Specific Requests – Denying Requests Right to Know Law Blog March 12, 2019
Emails can be “Records” of the Agency under the RTKL – (Section 701) – Types of Records Right to Know Law Blog March 7, 2019
Redacting Legal Invoices – The Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney-Work Product Doctrine (Section 305) – Privileged Records Right to Know Law Blog February 22, 2019
