State Security Service: Publishing Public Sector Salaries Would Threaten National Security
Latvia's State Security Service believes that publishing salary data of state and municipal employees would pose a threat to national security. The service said this at a Saeima committee meeting on Wednesday, 14 October.
Latvia's State Security Service (VDD), the agency responsible for national security matters, assesses that publishing information about the salaries of state and municipal employees would create a threat to national security.
The service made the statement on Wednesday, 14 October, at a meeting of the Saeima's Public Administration and Local Government Committee. The available information does not specify which particular risks the service sees or exactly what data might be made public.
The assessment was voiced in the parliamentary committee that deals with issues related to public administration and local governments. It is a significant argument in the discussion on whether, and in how much detail, pay data for public sector employees should be disclosed.
