The penalties under the Act are insignificant and very rarely imposed. The real problem with the Act - and this probably won’t surprise anyone - is that public officials ignore it. Last month alone, our Legal Hotline received about 50 telephone calls from reporters with questions about whether agencies were complying with the Sunshine Act.Īs a result of these conversations, it has become clear that the main problem with the Sunshine Act is not really the Act itself. ![]() Why is it that public officials across the state are able to conduct so much public business behind closed doors, and without any repercussions? We talk to hundreds of reporters and editors during the course of a year about closed meetings and “secret” decisions. Here at the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, we are often asked what’s wrong with Pennsylvania’s open meetings law, also called the Sunshine Act. PNA members may use this editorial freely for reprint in their own publications.
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