Was Gov. Corbett kidding about open government?

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: … Apparently, Corbett doesn’t believe that the @pa.gov email addresses that are paid for by public dollars should be available to the public. Equally as bizarrely, his office is fighting to protect direct-dial phone numbers of government employees. Again, we’re talking about phones and phone bills that are paid for by taxpayers….

Their argument? That the phone numbers and email addresses contain “personal identification information” and should be exempt…

The last time we checked, the governor was running a state, not the CIA. There is no reason government employees should be shielding their taxpayer-funded emails and phone numbers…   (more)

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