Summary
IT SEEMS clear enough: Public officials conducting the public's business ought to do so in public. That's what the state's Open Public Records Act says. And that's what the public expects. Open government is honest government, after all.
But e-mail and other electronic communications keep us "connected" at all times -- and even may constitute a quorum. That was apparently the case recently in Woodcliff Lake, where some officials were using their private e-mail to share information about borough matters.See the full content of this document
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A Digital Curtain
In one case, the Planning Board chairman apparently exchanged private e-mails with other board...
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