sunshine week 2024

Siana Law Supports “Sunshine Week” and Transparent Government By Theodore T. Speedy, Esquire & Christopher P. Gerber, Esquire

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“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” —Louis D. Brandeis On January 31, 2024, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives enacted a resolution designating the week of March 10 through 16, 2024, as “Sunshine Week.” “Sunshine…

Fact Finding Meetings – The Nondeliberative Exception to the Sunshine Act by Robert M. Tucker, Esquire

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Since anyone can remember, Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act (“The Act”) has been the battleground for advocates of transparency in local government. The Act, with its allowances for executive sessions, seeks to balance transparency against the demands for confidentiality. But what about when deliberations take place behind closed doors? Otherwise known as a Smith fact-finding session –…