Judge issues removal of classified employee names from state website

Susana Martinez

Santa Fe New Mexican - Judge Valerie Huling of the 2nd Judicial District has directed Gov. Susana Martinez to remove the names of classified employees from the state’s Sunshine Portal after a state employees’ union accused the governor of not following state law when she ordered them posted last winter. Members of the union in June filed a court petition asking that the classified employees’ names be taken off the public information website. They say a state law that outlines what information shall be on the portal doesn’t allow the names of the classified employees to be listed. When it first came online, the website contained the names, titles and salaries of the state’s exempt employees. It also had the titles and salaries of classified employees, but not their names. Martinez late last year ordered that information posted, saying it would increase government transparency. Administration officials have said the state has a legal right to publish information on the site that’s already available to the public in hard copy. Read More News New Mexico

Judge issues removal of classified employee names from state website