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Category Archives: Pennsylvania

29 Jan

This week in public records: Pennsylvania

Reversing a lower court, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that some autopsy records should be disclosed to the public. Maybe the coroners will further open those records in the advent of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Right To Know Law, which...
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Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

2 Aug

This week in public records: Secret Juries

The names of jurors are public records, according to a ruling by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which countered the actions of a Pennsylvania federal judge who kept the juror names from the media in a high-profile trial....
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Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 2 Comments

22 Jul

This week in public records: Massachusetts – Pennsylvania – New Mexico

The Massachusetts Supreme Court is proposing new procedures that, if adopted, would curtail the available personal information in all court files. The court is accepting public comments on its Interim Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Identifying Data in Publicly...
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3 Jul

This week in public records: California – Pennsylvania – North Dakota – Arizona

Government agencies in California can’t assign control of records that would otherwise be public records to a private entity. SB 1696 enrolled. New Law Allows Greater Access to Government Contracts, PolitickerCA.com, Adam Keigwin. A Pennsylvania open records blog reports that...
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Arizona, California, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

30 Mar

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – New Jersey – North Dakota

The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania is formulating new policies regarding public access to court case files. The Notice from the court highlights the proposed removal of Social Security numbers and bank account numbers from future court files. The public...
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Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

14 Oct

Database of the Day: Who’s been naughty – Delinquent Taxpayers

The California Franchise Tax Board list of delinquent taxpayers (or should-be taxpayers) extends back to 1987. “California Revenue & Taxation Code Section 19195 directs the Franchise Tax Board to publish an annual list of the top 250 taxpayers with liened...
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24 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – Massachusetts – Arkansas

A law firm that accessed and viewed archived Web pages of an adversary through Archive.org did not violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act , even though those Web pages were not supposed to...
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4 Jul

Database of the day: Funeral homes and directors disciplinary actions

Search the online records of disciplinary actions from 2000 to 2007 for funeral homes and funeral practitioners at the Maine Board of Funeral Service. Use this advanced search query at the Google search engine. In this example, I’ve searched the...
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30 Jun

This week in public records: Federal – Washington – Iowa – Wisconsin – California – Tennessee – Pennsylvania

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling that could advance employee rights to privacy protection of their personal email generated at a workplace computer. In Warshak v. United States, the federal court upheld the finding...
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13 Jun

This week in public records: Ohio – New York – North Carolina – Pennsylvania – Arizona

The Ohio Office of Homeland Security, which licenses security guards, is having trouble keeping an accurate count of licensees since a recent requirement went into effect that employers register each new security guard hire. [State system doesn’t allow exact accounting...
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