NPRI Rips Bill That Would Hide State Workers Names

A bill drawing fire from the Nevada Policy Research Institute, which has made goverment transparency a big issue, is SB 384. They say this badly written bill would make the name of every Nevada public employee, “Confidential.” They say the intent of the bill is to keep taxpayers from from knowing how the Public Employees Retirement System spends their money. Proponents of SB384 claim that disclosing names and pension amounts would leave retirees vulnerable to cybercrime, and thus should be exempt from Nevada’s public records law.