Public Salaries Website Causes Privacy Dispute

From Sunshine Review

April 10, 2009

[edit] Public Salaries Website Causes Privacy Dispute

"When a conservative think tank posted the names and salaries of state employees on its website, the database was applauded by the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition, which promotes open government. Since then, state employees have complained that easy public access to their salary information amounts to an invasion of privacy. In response a Democratic legislative leader has submitted a bill to shield the state employees' names. Now critics are accusing her of trying to turn government into a secret society."

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