Posts from February 2016.
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Section 5 of OPRA is clear that government records must be available “as soon as possible.” It then provides an outer time limit for public agencies—records must be produced as soon as possible, “but not later than seven business days after receiving the request.” Unfortunately, fewer and fewer public agencies comply with these rigid timelines. Most agencies produce records on the 7th business day, even though they are supposed to be available “as soon as possible.” And many agencies have moved to automatically taking an extension of time for each and every OPRA ...
Sam Samaro, partner at Pashman Stein, is quoted on the Bridgegate-related article that appeared on January 25, 2016.
