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New Jersey Commission to Study Privacy Issues

Gov. James McGreevey made nine appointments to the state's Privacy Study Commission, which was created by New Jersey's Open Public Records Law.

TRENTON, N.J. -- Gov. James McGreevey made nine appointments to the state's Privacy Study Commission, which was created by New Jersey's Open Public Records Law.

"The administration remains committed to having an open, accessible government and these appointments are another positive step forward in our efforts to fully implement the Open Public Records Act," McGreevey said, in a statement.

The commission will study privacy issues raised by the collection, processing, use and dissemination of information by public agencies under the Open Public Records Law.

As required by the law, the commission will include representatives of law enforcement agencies; state and local government officials; privacy-rights attorneys; members of public-interest groups who advocate for open government; crime-victims advocates; members of the news media; and at least one retired member of the state judiciary.

The 13-member commission includes the nine public members appointed by the governor and four members named by the presidents of the state's Senate, the Assembly speaker and the Assembly minority leader.

Commission appointees come from diverse backgrounds, including: general counsel to the New Jersey League of Municipalities; a lawyer for the New Jersey Press Association; a privacy-rights advocate; the municipal clerk of the Township of Brick; the president of the New Jersey Education Association; a former superior court judge in Middlesex County; a former journalist who is an assistant professor at Rowan University's College of Communication; the director/coordinator for the Office of Victim-Witness Advocacy in the Essex County Prosecutor's Office; a detective with the Newark Police Department; a lawyer; and a consultant.