{"id":282482,"date":"2017-02-02T21:04:35","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=282482"},"modified":"2017-02-03T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T15:32:08","slug":"senate-committee-kills-bill-to-keep-government-job-applications-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2017\/02\/senate-committee-kills-bill-to-keep-government-job-applications-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate committee kills bill to keep government job applications secret"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Steve Terrell \/ The New Mexican<\/p>

Peter St. Cyr, executive director of the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, argues against Senate Bill 93, which would have amended the state Inspection of Public Records Act to allow state agencies to keep secret the names of job applicants. Sitting in front of St. Cyr is Liz Ellis, general counsel for New Mexico State University, who argued in favor of the bill.<\/p><\/div>\n

Members of a\u00a0state Senate committee voted unanimously Thursday<\/span><\/span> to stop a bill that would have changed the public records law to allow state agencies to keep secret the names and r\u00e9sum\u00e9s of most job applicants.<\/p>\n

The Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 5-0 to table Senate Bill 93<\/a>, sponsored by Sen. George Mu\u00f1oz, D-Gallup.<\/p>\n

The bill would have restricted public access to most applications for government jobs. If an applicant didn’t become a finalist for a position, the application would be kept secret forever.<\/p>\n