The director of the state's Office of Open Records is trying to keep the office that was last year's legislative prize from suffering a painful budget cut.

Gov. Ed Rendell's revised spending plan for the budget year starting Wednesday, released Friday, included a 25 percent cut to his earlier proposal of $1.34 million for Open Records.

Rendell now proposes $1 million for the office, the same as this year's budget, which, is a lot better than many other state institutions have fared this year, proponents of the cut say.

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