SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has ordered Gov. Susana Martinez's administration to remove the names of classified employees from an online database.
The Monday ruling from District Court Judge Valerie Huling came after members of a state employees' union challenged the practice.
An attorney for the union had argued that posting the names of classified employees is prohibited by state law and raises security concerns.
Martinez had ordered the information to be put online last year as a way to increase government transparency.
Martinez spokesman Scott Darnell tells the Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the governor will make another attempt to get legislation passed that allows the information to be posted online.
The names, salaries and titles of classified employees already are available to the public in hard copy.
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Information from: The Santa Fe New Mexican, http://www.sfnewmexican.com
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