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IN THE NEWS [more headlines]
Updated: October 31, 2009 10:50:47 AM EDT
The White House has released a list of people who visited President Obama, and it's online and searchable.   Full Story

 
A York County Common Pleas Court judge is considering whether addresses must be included in 911 time-response logs.   Full Story

 
A report on Columbia University's study of the earthquakes in the Dillsburg area was released Friday, and it's believed that stress between two contrasting types of rock is causing them to fracture.   Full Story

 
A York Daily Record/Sunday News request for a list of visitors to U.S. Rep. Todd Platts, R-York County, has been denied.   Full Story

 
York County's refusal to release addresses or locations along with dispatch and arrival times of emergency responders is not an attempt to stop the York Daily Record/Sunday News from reviewing that data, county solicitor Michael Flannelly said Friday.   Full Story

 
 

WHAT WE FOUND [more headlines]
Updated: October 10, 2009 1:18:21 PM EDT
Daily Record/Sunday News -- Paul Kuehnel
Peggy Davidson's job as development director of the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center comes with its highs and its lows.   Full Story

 
Andrew Schulz said there's a truism among those who work in his field: You've seen one foundation, you've seen one foundation.   Full Story

 
Reading Room is a collection of original documents used by York Daily Record/Sunday News reporters.   Full Story

 
 

KEEPING AN EYE ON GOV'T

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· Pennsylvania's new right-to-know law (pdf)

· Pennsylvania's open records office
Contains information about the state's new open records law. If you've been denied a record and you think it should be open, this is the office that will hear your appeal.

· Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition
A nonprofit that intends to help people make the most of the Right-to-Know law. Includes a forum in which experts answer questions about the law. Here is the coalition's quick guide to the new right-to-know law. (pdf)

· National Freedom of Information Coalition
A nonprofit whose goal is to "protect the public's right to oversee its government." Site includes sample letters you can use to request information from public agencies.

· Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's guide to the new open records law.



DO IT YOURSELF
· Learn more: Do it yourself is our guide to where to find many more public records online, both locally, statewide and nationally.


READING ROOM

Our library of original documents includes school board expense reports, FBI investigations, decisions from the open records office, murder case documents and more, organized by topic.

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ABOUT THIS SECTION
"A fundamental premise of American democratic theory is that government exists to serve the people. Public records are one portal through which the people observe their government, ensuring its accountability, integrity, and equity while minimizing sovereign mischief and malfeasance.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

Tell us what you think
Full Disclosure is the York Daily Record/Sunday News special online section about all things open records.

We welcome your ideas on what we can add to the section - as well as your stories about seeking open records under Pennsylvania s new open records law.

E-mail Scott Blanchard at sblanchard@ydr.com with your thoughts.