The New Jersey Open Public Records Act, N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 et seq. (OPRA), requires every custodian of government records to adopt a form that can be used to request access to the records in its custody ...

The Appellate Division hands open government advocates a victory and a defeat: one panel saying requests under the Open Public Records Act need only be in writing, not necessarily on an agency form; ...

A New Jersey State senator is supporting a bill that would weaken the state's Open Public Records Act (OPRA), which allows citizens and journalists access to government communications and information.

UNION COUNTY -- A state appeals court today struck down standardized request forms many towns and counties require citizens to fill out to view public records; the court said that letters, faxes and ...

After being fast-tracked two months ago, a bill that would gut access to public records hasn’t returned to the calendar in either chamber of the New Jersey Legislature. Introduced in early March, the ...

Under New Jersey’s Open Public Records Act (OPRA), members of the public have the right to review and copy most government records. The statute and rules of the Government Records Council (GRC) set ...

A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the Open Public Records Act does not require a public agency to provide a detailed disclosure of the reasons for an employee's resignation. A New Jersey ...