*With special thanks to Kara Millonzi and Elsemarie Mullins As local governments wrestle with administering American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-funded programs, the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) has prompted public records and confidentiality questions. To administer LIHWAP, state and local Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies are requesting that local governments provide […]
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LIHWAP Participation and Disclosure of Public Enterprise Billing Information
Friday, November 12th, 2021Tags:disclosing utility billing information, LIHWAP, NC Public Records Law, permissive disclosure of utility billing information, public records, social security numbers
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Is Metadata a Public Record? Case Law Update
Thursday, October 21st, 2010A city resident forwards an e-mail to Councilwoman Leslie Knope. The e-mail accuses certain other city council members of improper conduct. Councilwoman Knope opens the e-mail on her home computer, which is set up to remotely log in to her public e-mail account. Councilwoman Knope later announces at a public meeting that she has received a […]
Tags:metadata, NC Public Records Law, O'Neill v. City of Shoreline, public record
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