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Monthly Archives: February 2009
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I subscribe to a listserv that occasionally sends some pretty good open records tips, and the latest one might lead you to money. It’s a list of workers who are owed money. These people worked overtime their employers failed to … Continue reading
Are fire companies subject to Pa.’s right to know law?
There’s an interesting discussion going on in a forum on the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition‘s Web site about whether volunteer fire companies fall under the state’s new right to know law. Kim de Bourbon, the coalition’s executive director, fielded … Continue reading
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