Court says government must prove need to keep information secret
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW:
A state appeals court’s first ruling on the new Right to Know Law upholds the idea that government agencies must prove they have a good reason for withholding information, lawyers and others said yesterday.
“It’s a strong decision for open government,” said Barry Fox, spokesman for the state Office of Open Records.
Commonwealth Court overturned an Office of Open Records decision that upheld the denial of a Tribune-Review request to see records of how fire departments and other agencies spent about $96 million in federal Homeland Security Grants.
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