Absecon seeks to cut off funding to records group
Press of Atlantic City , September 24, 2009
City officials want to stop funding for the state agency they blame for more than $25,000 in legal and settlement costs.  Read More.
 
ACLU to aid Plainfield man's information hunt
Asbury Park Press, September 18, 2009

A city man seeking to review municipal documents to which he said he was denied access, has acquired the help of a national civil-rights power. Read More.

 
Bill to allow public comment meets resistance in Trenton
The Star-Ledger September 14, 2009
You can talk to your school trustees, town council members and freeholders at public meetings -- so why not to lawmakers in Trenton? Read More.
 
Dark clouds passing under N.J.'s Sunshine Laws
The Star-Ledger Op-Ed September 6, 2009
The latest, if not the last, episode of corruption in New Jersey's political class has politicians of all stripes scurrying for ways to demonstrate that they are not part of a problem. Read More.

Freeholders and free speech in Union County
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board August 20, 2009
It's bad enough when elected officials put family members on the public payroll. Even when they're qualified (and it's legal), it looks like a political handout. But Union County tried to take it a step further: Read More.

 
Open Public Meetings Act Remedy Can Be Based on History of Transgressions
New Jersey Law Journal August 20, 2009
 
A state appeals court on Thursday made it easier for plaintiffs to obtain injunctive relief to redress violations of the Open Public Meetings Act.  Read More.
 
New Jersey OPRA record has cracks
The Star-Ledger Editorial Board August 16, 2009
There are 47 items on the agenda, and in a small meeting room in Trenton, on a Tuesday morning, the Government Records Council is slogging its way through the list of complaints from citizens who have been thwarted in their attempts to access public records. An hour into the session, it's clear: New Jersey's Open Public Records Act is flawed. Read More.

 

New guidelines will give public more access to court documents

The Star-Ledger August 10, 2009

 For decades, some residents could not get court documents they were entitled to see because the judiciary had limited guidelines on which records were available for public viewing. That's expected to change next month when a new rule recently adopted by the state's highest court goes into effect.  Read More.

 

 New Jerseychild death information will remain public

The Star-Ledger July 31, 2009

The New Jersey Department of Children and Families has not proposed to make, nor will it make, any changes limiting its public information. Read More.

 
Council Is Ordered To Obey the Law It Was Created To Enforce

New Jersey Law Journal July 28, 2009

The Government Records Council has found itself at the losing end of a lawsuit that alleges it violated the Open Public Records Act it is supposed to help enforce. Read More.

 
N.J. to limit disclosure on deaths of children
The Star-Ledger July 26, 2009
Leaders at the agencies most responsible for New Jersey's child-protection agency say the state no longer will publicly disclose the details of DYFS prior actions when a child it has supervised dies from abuse or neglect. Read more.
 
Spending Measures Cloaked in Secrecy
NorthJersey.Com: July 13, 2009
You wouldn't lend money to someone if they didn't tell you how much they needed or what they intended to buy. But Passaic taxpayers for years have footed the bill for costs and services they cannot review or question until the approval process is near its end, when it's too late to object. At a time when officials have promised a more transparent and open city government, the council routinely votes to approve spending measures that are cloaked in secrecy. Read More
 
Local Finance Board Rejects Seven Complaints
NJ Open Government Notes: July 8, 2009
Since early June 2009, I have filed formal complaints with the Local Finance Board against 182 Local Government Officers serving seven local governments. This is in addition to the formal complaints that I have filed against 70 Local Government Officials in municipalities that have their own ethics boards. All the complaints regard similar conduct--the officials' failure or refusal to file their Financial Disclosure Statements. Read More
Town Insurers Fear Effects of Ruling Limiting OPRA Charges to Actual Costs
New Jersey Law Journal: July 2, 2009
The impact of a Mercer County ruling in a class-action suit that drastically limits documentproduction charges under the Open Public Records Act is reverberating around the state. Read More
  • July 5, 2009 Can cost a bundle for Morris public records (Daily Record)
  • June 11, 2009 Is the DEP Taking the 'Public' Out of 'Public Records'? (Jersey City Independent)
  • May 25, 2009 Special form not needed (Daily Record Editorial)
  • May 21, 2009 Appellate courts of two minds about public records (NewJerseyNewsroom.com) 
  • May 18, 2009 OPRA Watchdog Has Gone Astray, Suit Says  (NJ Law Journal)
  • May 12, 2009 Let the public see the books (Asbury Park Press Editorial)
  • March 24, 2009 Shining a light on government access (Montclair Times)
  • Mar. 19, 2009 Corzine e-mail case is closed (Philidelphia Inquirer)
  • Mar. 18, 2009 Residents can shine light on government (Courier Post Editorial)
  • Feb. 2, 2009 Activist Hardyston has transparent government (New Jersey Herald)

  • Jan. 17, 2009 Judge rules in favor of citizen's OPRA request (Asbury Park Press)

  • Jan. 13, 2009 Appeals court says NJ gov's e-mails private (Associated Press)

  • Jan. 13, 2009 Gov. Jon Corzine should release the Carla Katz emails (Star-Ledger Editorial)

  • Jan. 13, 2009 Executive e-privilege? (New York Post Editorial)

  • Jan. 9, 2009 Putting a Price On Secrecy (New Jersey Law Journal)

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