Right-to-Know Law’s Predecisional Deliberation Exemption Extends to Independent Contractors
The Commonwealth Court has held that predecisional deliberations between government agencies and independent contractors are not public records. Finnerty v. Pennsylvania Dep’t of Cmty. & Econ. Dev., No. 801 C.D. 2018, 2019 WL 1797668, at *7 (Pa. Commw. Ct. Apr. 25, 2019). The decision allows government agencies to engage private entities for advice on policy matters without disclosing such advice to the public…
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