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Spouse of town clerk who attempted to 'unmask' anonymous OPRAmachine user loses legal case

Spouse of town clerk who attempted to 'unmask' anonymous OPRAmachine user loses legal case

RIDGEFIELD - A judge has thrown out a former Ridgefield borough employee's lawsuit that previously sought to involve OPRAmachine for discovery purposes in its entirety without a trial. The 2019 lawsuit made claims against the borough under the state's Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), common-law retaliation and violation of the

New GRC guidance to OPRA custodians upholds validity of OPRAmachine requests

New GRC guidance to OPRA custodians upholds validity of OPRAmachine requests

OPRAmachine is pleased to announce that the New Jersey Government Records Council has recently amended their handbook for OPRA records custodians to include new guidance that specifically addresses the validity of requests received from the OPRAmachine platform. This recognition of the validity of online requests is a significant step forward

Additional updates to the OPRAmachine terms of service

Additional updates to the OPRAmachine terms of service

We're always working on ways to improve the user experience of OPRAmachine users. We're writing to notify our users that our terms of service have been updated. These terms amend and supplement the original terms that govern your use of the OPRAmachine service. We encourage you to read the full

Why Section 230 is essential for civic websites like OPRAmachine

Why Section 230 is essential for civic websites like OPRAmachine

You may have recently heard about attempts to reform a federal law known as Section 230 or ongoing legal battles involving big tech companies over possible challenges to the law. But "big tech" isn't the only thing at stake in the debate surrounding possible changes to the law - your

An update to content removal procedures at OPRAmachine

An update to content removal procedures at OPRAmachine

We wanted to let you know about some important changes to our procedures for content removal that have recently taken effect. These changes are in line with our updated terms of service, and we believe they will help streamline the process for users seeking to have content removed from our

Regular service restored to OPRAmachine

Regular service restored to OPRAmachine

We are happy to announce that normal service has been restored on OPRAmachine. We have completed server upgrade work to better handle the increased volume of traffic to the OPRAmachine service, as well as other "under the hood" changes to more efficiently run the platform. We also apologize for any

Batch requests by category now available for OPRAmachine Pro users

Batch requests by category now available for OPRAmachine Pro users

We are excited to announce the release of a new feature for our platform: batch request by category. This feature allows users to easily submit batch requests to entire categories of public authorities in just a few clicks. To prevent abuse of this powerful feature, this functionality is currently available

Degraded performance & downtime affecting OPRAmachine

Degraded performance & downtime affecting OPRAmachine

We wanted to let you know that we are currently experiencing degraded performance on our service. We are actively investigating the cause, and it is possible that there has been a server or equipment failure on the server that hosts the OPRAmachine service. We have created a status page that

Debunking 5 common misconceptions about OPRAmachine

Debunking 5 common misconceptions about OPRAmachine

As the OPRAmachine platform celebrates its 5th anniversary, we want to take a moment to address some of the common misconceptions that local officials still have about our platform. Despite the widespread recognition and success of our platform, there are still some officials who are unsure about what we do

OPRAmachine celebrates 5 years of improving public access to NJ records

OPRAmachine celebrates 5 years of improving public access to NJ records

Today, we are proud to announce that the OPRAmachine platform is celebrating its 5th anniversary! Over the past five years, we have worked tirelessly to make access to public records in New Jersey easier, faster, and more transparent than ever before. Since we first launched in 2017, we have been

Updates to the OPRAmachine Terms of Service

Site Announcements

Updates to the OPRAmachine Terms of Service

We're always working on ways to improve the user experience of OPRAmachine users. We're writing to notify our users that our terms of service and privacy policy have been updated. These terms amend and supplement the original terms that govern your use of the OPRAmachine service. We encourage you to

Welcome to the new OPRAmachine blog!

Site Announcements

Welcome to the new OPRAmachine blog!

The OPRAmachine team is pleased to announce that we have moved our blog to a new platform to better serve our user community. This upgrade will allow us to better communicate with our user community and announce new developments and service-related announcements. We will also feature OPRA-related news and commentary