Open Records Law Coming Up Short ; It's Hard to Learn What Your Police, Town Workers Earn
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › November 13, 2007
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Want to know how much police and other public workers in your town are getting paid?
Finding out may be harder than you might think.See the full content of this document
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Open Records Law Coming Up Short ; It's Hard to Learn What Your Police, Town Workers Earn
A team of Record reporters recently visited 10 town halls seeking complete 2006 payroll information on all employees. But even though state law requires that pay records be available for "immediate access," not one town was able to comply.
The exercise showcased how the state Open Public Records Act, a law designed to shine daylight into the workings of government, falls short of that goal. It exposed how competing interpretations of OPRA slow the process for the public. And it found that mun...See the full content of this document
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