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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2009
Contact: Tracy Polovick
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Right-to-Know Law Highlighted in Vance Report

HARRISBURG – The March edition of the Vance Report focuses on the Commonwealth's new Right-to-Know Law and Office of Open Records, said host Pat Vance (R-Cumberland/York).

Executive Director Terry Mutchler leads a tour of the office and explains the law that greatly expands access to government records and puts the burden of proof on a government agency that seeks to deny access to a record.

"I'm very pleased the law was enacted," Vance said. "I have been dismayed at the lack of trust in state and local government and am very hopeful that we can restore the people's confidence with this law. There are good people working in government."

Vance's show airs on Blue Ridge Communications at 6 p.m. on Tuesdays on Channel 8. Comcast Cable that serves the Shippensburg area will air the program at 4 p.m. on Thursdays on Channel 21. Comcast Cable that serves the Carlisle area will air the show at the same time but on Channel 11. York Community Access shows the program at 9 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month on Channel 16. Finally, Comcast Cable in the Greater Harrisburg area will air the program on Channel 20 with no set time schedule.

Vance's district includes all of Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Warrington and Washington townships and Dillsburg, Franklintown and Wellsville boroughs in York County.