right-to-know

[rahyt-tuh-noh]

adjective

1. of or relating to laws or policies that make certain government or company data and records available to any individual who has a right or need to know their contents.

Example Sentences

He continued voting in Pennsylvania via absentee ballots and, later, in-person on-demand mail voting, using his parents’ home address in 2018, 2022, and 2024, according to an official copy of his voter information file from Montgomery County obtained through a right-to-know request.

From Slate

While the right to know is a general principle used in various contexts, in the United States it has been codified in the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, authorized in 1986 by Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act.

From Salon

Passing new right-to-know laws could force patients to hear the movement’s claims about abortion pills.

From Slate

Honey’s October 2021 request under the state’s Right-to-Know Law was turned down by the county elections office, a decision upheld by the state Office of Open Records before a Lycoming County judge ruled the public is entitled to the records.

From Seattle Times

She responded to a request for comment Friday by providing a different judge’s recent order over a Right-to-Know lawsuit she filed against the town to make public a complaint filed against her by the town manager in February.

From Seattle Times