Pennsylvania's new open records law went into effect on January 1, 2009. It replaced the old Right to Know law which really didn't let anyone know anything. More details on the law can be found here.
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January 02, 2009
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Scott,
Anyone interested in the new Pennsylvania law can visit "Full Disclosure," the York Daily Record/Sunday News' new open-records page, at http://ydr.inyork.com/ydr/records. It has all kinds of stuff regarding the new law, open records reporting and so on.
Posted by: Scott Blanchard, Sunday editor, York Daily Record/Sunday News | January 02, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Background checks and Criminal Background checks are an important part of our security in today's world. Especially to make sure that people do not have a past criminal history and now that can be puplic information.
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Posted by: Udi Amr | March 19, 2010 at 06:08 PM