NHMA Webinar - Right-to-Know Law and Governmental Records

Contact: Communications and Member Services
Contact Email: NHMAregistrations@nhmunicipal.org
Contact Phone: 603.224.7447

Join NHMA's Executive Director Margaret Byrnes and Legal Services Counsel Stephen Buckley who will share strategies to assist municipalities in handling governmental record matters arising under the Right-to-Know Law.

Handling governmental records requests requires an understanding of all aspects of request processing including: the requirements for availability, storage, electronic records, redaction, cost estimates, mandated access for certain records and appointments for review of records. Guidance will be provided on determining what is a governmental record, and when and how access and copies of public records must be provided.

This webinar will also address what records are exempt from disclosure, along with whether a record request that would require a search for multiple documents must be fulfilled or whether a request impermissible seeks to create a record that does not exist. In addition, guidance will be provided on the retention of governmental records and how claims under the Right-to-Know Law are enforced.

This webinar is open to NHMA members and is of interest to all municipal officials and employees.