GOVERNOR'S INFORMATION
PRACTICES COMMISSION (General File)
Minutes and correspondence, 1980-1982, Box 1 [MSA T41-1, 1/32/2/65]
These records consist of two binders of meeting minutes, memos, and
correspondence, among others. The first is a large, blue binder
covering September 8, 1980 to January 28, 1982. The second is a
smaller, black binder covering February 2, 1982 to May 6, 1982. Please
note: The items are listed in a rough, reverse
chronological order and as they appear in the binders themselves.
Contents of Black
Binder, Commission minutes and memoranda covering
2/2/1982-5/6/1982:
May 6, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: draft executive order on privacy (35 pages)
April 23, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: criticism concerning draft executive order on privacy (1 page)
April 20, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: report on privacy and public information bills introduced in the
1982 session of the General Assembly (2 pages)
no date - draft executive order on privacy (6 pages)
April 9, 1982 - memo to Arthur S. Drea, Jr. and Dennis M. Sweeney from
Dennis M. Hanratty, re: revised draft executive order on privacy (12
pages)
April 19, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: enrolled version of House Bill 1481 (1 page)
April 13, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: report on action taken by the General Assmebly regarding the
Commission's bills (2 pages)
April 5, 1982 - information about House Bill 1483 (3 pages)
no date - information about House Bill 1481 (11 pages)
April 2, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: revised copies of House Bills 1481 and 1483 (1 page)
March 30, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: update on the Commission's bills (1 page)
March 12, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: House Bill 1480 and draft Executive Order (1 page)
March 5, 1982 - memo to Arthur S. Drea and Del. Nancy Kopp from Dennis
M. Hanratty,
re: "notes pertinent to the Commission's major bill, House Bill 1481."
(1 page)
March 3, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: amendments to House Bill 1481 (15 pages)
March 2, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: draft minutes for last five Commission meetings (1 page)
March 2, 1982 - Official minutes from December 22, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
Official minutes from December 14, 1981 meeting (10
pages)
February 26, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: hearing of the Constitutional and Administrative Law Committee on
House Bills 1481, 1482, and 1483. "It is expected that Delegate Kopp
and Mr. Drea will provide the principal testimony on behalf of these
bills." (1 page)
Februry 23, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: additional bills pertaining to record-keeping practices (1 page)
February 19, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: copies of the four bills of the Information Practices Commission (1
page)
February 19, 1982 - Official minutes from November 16, 1981 meeting (12
pages)
February 4, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: proposed changes to legislation proposed by Benajmin M. Bialek,
Assistant Legislative Officer, Executive Department; includes summary
of February 2nd meeting with Mr. Bialek (3 pages)
February 3, 1982 - Official minutes from November 9, 1981 meeting (10
pages)
February 2, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: two additional bills pertaining to information practices; penciled
notes say HB 855 and HB 857 (1 page)
February 2, 1982 - Official minutes from November 2, 1981 meeting (11
pages)
Contents of Blue Binder, Commission minutes and memoranda
covering
9/8/1980-1/23/1982:
(Note: Items are listed as they appear in the binder and are not in
chronological or reverse chronological order)
January 28, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting with Gov. Harry Hughes by members and staff of the
Commission (1 page)
January 28, 1982 - memo to Arthur S. Drea, Jr., Dennis Sweeney, and
Del. Nancy Kopp from Dennis M. Hanratty, re: upcoming meeting with
Benjamin M. Bialek, Assistant Legislative Office, Executive Dept. (1
page)
January 25, 1982 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: compilation of bills pertaining to informatin practices. (Note:
Enclosure mentioned does not appear to be included.) (1 page)
December 16, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming Commission meeting (1 page)
December 8, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming Commission meeting; also contains proposed legislative and
Executive Order proposals (45 pages)
November 20, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Arthur S. Drea,
Jr., re: ballots to determine the Commission's stand on certain
positions; includes completed ballots (8 pages)
November 6, 1981 - memo and enclosure to Comission members from Dennis
M. Hanratty, re: Catalogue of Record Systems (5 pages)
October 27, 1981 - additional materials concerning ballot of Comission
members (13 pages)
November 10, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming Commission meeting
October 30, 1981 - Official minutes from September 28, 1981 meeting,
including blank ballot (15 pages) Note: Given the date, perhaps
this weas Oct. 28th rather than Sept.?
October 7, 1981 - Official minutes from October 5, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
October 26, 1981 - Official minutes from October 13, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
October 27, 1981 - Official minutes from October 19, 1981 meeting (13
pages)
October 30, 1981 - Official minutes from October 19, 1981 meeting, plus
information sheets about records of the Department of Economic and
Community Development (10 page)
November 6, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: supplement to questions on Commission ballot (1 page)
November 5, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: definition for term "sociological data" and the confidentiality of
sociological data under the Public Information Act (7 pages)
November 4, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: record keeping practices of various State licensing boards and
information disclosable under the Public Information Act (7 pages)
October 28, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming Commission meeting and vote (1 page)
October 23, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: draft report examining the record-keeping practices of the
Department of Licensing and Regulation (1 page)
October 23, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting which will discuss House Bill 112 from the 1980
session among others (1 page)
October 1, 1981 - Official minutes from September 21, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
September 18, 1981 - Official minutes from September 14, 1981 meeting
(6 pages)
September 18, 1981 - Official minutes from August 31, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
October 6, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting which will discuss House Bill 112 from the 1979
session and the Uniform Information Practices Code (1 page)
October 6, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting (1 page)
October 5, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meetingto receive testimony pertinent to the Uniform
Information Practices Code drafted by the National Conference of
Commissions on Uniform State Laws (1 page)
October 1, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting and issues paper (1 page)
September 23, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M.
Hanratty,
re: materials provided by Donald Tynes, Assistant Secretary, Department
of Personnel. (7 pages, including duplex pages)
September 23, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M.
Hanratty,
re: draft report examining the record-keeping practices of the
Department of Licensing and Regulation (1 page)
September 23, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M.
Hanratty,
re: minutes from August 31st and September 14th meetings. (1 page)
September 15, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M.
Hanratty,
re: upcoming meetings (1 page)
September 14, 1981 - Official minutes from August 24, 1981 meeting (11
pages)
September 8, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham,
re: draft report on the record-keeping practices of the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene (1 page)
August 26, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
upcoming meeting (1 page)
August 19, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: materials to be discussed at August 25th meeting (1 page)
August 5, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: revised meetings schedule (1 page)
July 28, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
draft minutes and addendum to the Human Resources Report (1 page)
July 22, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
upcoming meeting (1 page)
July 20, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: responses received from the Employment Security Administration
regarding current
security procedures (4 pages)
July 14, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: draft reports pertaining to the Department of Economic and
Community Development and the Human Relations Commission (1 page)
July 8, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
upcoming meeting (1 page)
June 30, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
draft report on the record-keeping practices of the Department of
Agriculture and upcoming meeting (1 page)
May 12, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: pages of the MVA Medical Advisory Manual which pertain to the
access rights of the person in interest (1 page)
June 16, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: record-keeping practices of the Regional Planning Council (1 page)
June 11, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting (1 page)
June 25, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting (1 page)
June 16, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
draft minutes from May 26th meeting and responses from MVA officials (1
page)
June 16, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty, re:
newspaper article from June 16, 1981 edition of the Sun, relating directly to the
record-keeping practices of the Department of Human Resources (2 pages)
May 27, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upocoming meeting (1 page)
May 15, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming meeting at MVA about their record practices (1 page)
May 4, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Thea Cunningham, re:
upcoming meeting and list of materials available from the Commision (10
pages)
Administrative Issues for May 11, 1981 meeting (1 page)
April 29, 1981 - memo about upcoming meeting (1 page)
April 29, 1981 - memo to John E. Donahue, Wayne Heckrotte, Nancy Kopp,
Dennis M. Sweeney, and Harriet Trader from Dennis M. Hanratty, re:
reports and minutes (1 page)
April 13, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: meetings (1 page)
March 9, 1981- memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: upcoming public hearing (1 page)
January 29, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: cover letter to the Interim Report, meeting minutes, and upcoming
public hearing (1 page)
January 26, 1981 - memo to Commission members from Arthur S. Drea, Jr.,
re: Interim Report and upcoming public hearing (1 page)
December 18, 1980 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: questions pertaining to tax records (4 pages)
December 18, 1980 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: minutes of December 15th meeting (1 page)
December 5, 1980 - memo to Commission members from Arthur S. Drea, Jr.,
re: upcoming meeting (1 page)
December 3, 1980 - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: meeting minutes (3 pages)
November 10, 1980 - memo to Commission members from Arthur S. Drea,
Jr., re: upcoming meeting (1 page)
September 16, 1980 - letter from Helen Koss to John Sikorski,
Superintendent of Public Buildings & Grounds, re: reservation of
Committee Room for upcoming Commission meeting (1 page)
August 3, 1981 - Official minutes from July 20, 1981 meeting (9 pages)
August 6, 1981 - Official minutes from August 3, 1981 meeting (8 pages)
July 28, 1981 - Official minutes from July 6, 1981 meeting (10 pages)
July 1, 1981 - Official minutes from June 8, 1981 meeting (9 pages)
July 1, 1981 - Official minutes from June 22, 1981 meeting (6 pages)
May 26, 1981 - Official minutes from May 26, 1981 meeting (4 pages)
June 3, 1981 - Official minutes from May 11, 1981 meeting (7 pages)
April 27, 1981 - Official minutes from April 27, 1981 meeting (11 pages)
March 16, 1981 - Official minutes from March 16, 1981 meeting (23 pages)
February 23, 1981 - Official minutes from February 23, 1981 meeting (7
pages)
January 19, 1981 - Official minutes from January 19, 1981 meeting (5
pages)
December 15, 1980 - Corrected minutes for December 15, 1980 meeting (3
pages)
December 1, 1980 - Minutes of December 1, 1980 meeting (3 pages)
no date - memo to Commission members from Dennis M. Hanratty,
re: questionnaire concerning jurisdiction of Commission (11 pages)
November 17, 1980 - Official minutes from November 17, 1980 meeting (1
page)
no date - minutes fo September 8, 1980, September 22, 1980, and October
6, 1980 meetings (2 pages)
(Prepared by Jennifer Hafner, July 6, 2005)