Brighter Pennsylvania - Editorial Board Questions
- Do you support changing the state's open records and open meetings laws to provide greater access to government records and meetings to the public?
- Do you support expanding the definition of "agency" under Pennsylvania's open records law to include the General Assembly? State-related colleges such as The Pennsylvania State University? Entities that rely primarily on government funding?
- Do you support expanding the definition of "public record" under Pennsylvania's open records law to create a presumption of access to records in the possession of government agencies? And to place the burden on an agency that wants to deny access of proving that the requested record is not publicly accessible?
- Do you support increasing the penalties for violations of the state open records and open meetings laws?
- Do you support creating an "Office of Access" within state government as a centralized office to hear administrative appeals relating to open records and open meetings violations?
