“Yesterday our agency was asked, along with every other public agency in Northern Nevada to provide names, job titles, gross and net salaries and benefit package information to the local newspaper.”
As long as personal information is not included, I see no problem. People have a right to know where and how their money is spent on public affairs.
First of all I appreciate all of the responses so far. I agree that posting the job title and salary is not a problem. My problem is associating specific employees with their income. It is too easy today to obtain addresses once you have a name and a city or area. Combine that with income range accessibility of other documents or databases where DOB’s and SSN’s are available and fraud or identity theft becomes an enormous risk. I investigate this stuff every day so I’m not prying panic here.
I understand that when I signed on for law enforcement that I accepted a certain amount of transparency but publishing my name, gross and net income and job title on an internet forum that will not be secure seems to be beyond reasonable. Again I welcome all comments, we are going to seek injunctive relief but are examining other options as well.