Unnecessary expenses cannot be passed on to public

READING EAGLE:  The Issue: A court panel refuses to allow a compilation fee for documents requested under the open-records law.

Our Opinion: This is a major victory for those who believe in unfettered access to public information.

Open records advocates in Pennsylvania won an important victory earlier this month when a Commonwealth Court panel ruled a state agency could not charge for the time it took employees to compile the information that was requested by two newspapers in the western portion of the state… (more)