{"id":691,"date":"2016-04-20T05:29:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2016-04-20T05:29:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T09:29:31","slug":"ul-state-supreme-court-rules-public-has-right-to-electronic-government-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townunderground.com\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"UL: State Supreme Court rules public has right to electronic government information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Union Leader:<br \/>\n<strong>State Supreme Court rules public has right to electronic government information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By DAVE SOLOMON<br \/>\nApril 19th, 2016 New Hampshire Union Leader<\/p>\n<p>CONCORD \u2014 The public has a right to government records in electronic format when seeking information under the state\u2019s Right-to-Know law, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.state.nh.us\/supreme\/opinions\/2016\/2016034green.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The case stems from an appeal by Donna Green of Sandown, who has represented that town on the Timberlane Regional School Board since 2014, and had to sue the school district to gain access to salary information in electronic format.<\/p>\n<p>Green, who often has been at odds with other board members and school administrators, was censured by the board in 2014 for content she posted in a blog about the school district.<\/p>\n<p>In early 2015, Green requested district budget documents from SAU 55, which serves Atkinson, Sandown, Plaistow and Danville.<\/p>\n<p>SAU administrators responded that the documents were available for inspection at the SAU office.<\/p>\n<p>Green asked that spreadsheets in digital format be provided by email, citing the state\u2019s Right-to-Know law, and was refused.<\/p>\n<p>She sued in Superior Court, where Judge David Anderson sided with the district, noting that the Right-to-Know law gives public officials a choice of whether to produce the documents in electronic or conventional format.<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline\">Read the complete article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionleader.com\/State-Supreme-Court-rules-public-has-right-to-electronic-government-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"byline\">\u201cGiven that the overwhelming majority of information today is created and stored electronically, we agree with the plaintiff that dissemination of public, non-confidential information in commonly used electronic formats ensures the greatest degree of openness and the greatest amount of public access to the decisions made by public officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"byline\">\nRelated:<br \/>\nGreen vs SAU 55 case <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.state.nh.us\/supreme\/opinions\/2016\/2016034green.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\nRight-to-Know statute, RSA 91-A\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gencourt.state.nh.us\/rsa\/html\/NHTOC\/NHTOC-VI-91-A.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Union Leader: State Supreme Court rules public has right to electronic government information By DAVE SOLOMON April 19th, 2016 New Hampshire Union Leader CONCORD \u2014 The public has a right to government records in electronic format when seeking information under the state\u2019s Right-to-Know law, the state Supreme Court&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"From 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