No Heads Up For Public Officials On Open Records Requests

By Kleinheider Posted on May 14, 2008 at 3:25 pm

From the AP:

A requirement to notify elected officials about records requests made about them is no longer part of a bill designed to improve access to public information.

Open government advocates had worried the notification rules would increase the cost of the records proposal and possibly kill the measure for the year.

A House subcommittee on Wednesday approved the change to the proposal sponsored by Rep. Steve McDaniel, a Parkers Crossroads Republican. It also approved a provision to allow records custodians to charge for searches that take longer than five hours.

But the proposal also directs the open records ombudsman to develop a reasonable fee schedule, which would become the statewide standard once it is approved.

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