Article: Open-records requests cost of doing business

Article: PUBLIC RECORDS BELONG TO ONE GROUP -- THE PUBLIC
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  January 5, 2005 ;     553 words ......Tribune-Eagle, am obsessed with public records. Guilty as charged. For...in this second Wyoming public records survey. Because it is...the custodians of your public documents are taking care of them...rights under the state's public records law -- and open ...

Article: Dana Heupel / Capital Ideas Facing down city hall Public records aren
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  July 27, 1999 ;     656 words ......Facing down city hall Public records aren't just for the press...of their information: public records. This week, newspapers...when they were asked for public documents. The results aren't very...reporters to look at public documents. Usually, sheriff...state to ask for ...

Article: PUBLIC RECORDS AREN'T JUST FOR THE PRESS
Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  July 30, 1999 ;     641 words ......of their information: public records. This week, newspapers...when they were asked for public documents. The results aren't very...for reporters to look at public documents. Usually, sheriff...the state to ask for six public documents were told not...who wanted to look ...

Article: Legislation may limit access to public documents
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH;  May 23, 2007 ;     436 words ......access to public documents, the head...access to public documents more difficult...loopholes and that public records remain public...copies of public documents without first...remove all public records from their...

Article: PUBLIC RECORDS ACT COVERS MAIL INQUIRIES, COURT SAYS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 11, 1997 ;     92 words ...Washington's Public Records Act requires an agency to mail copies of public records to people who ask for them, the state Court of Appeals...give their ``fullest assistance'' to people seeking public documents, and that includes fulfilling requests by mail, the...American Civil ...

Article: One-third of agencies fail to produce public records/ Many local officials in Colorado are ignorant of freedom of information laws
The Gazette;  November 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ......declares "all public records shall be open...after seeking public documents on a scale unprecedented...a survey of public records. "My comment...Otte said. "Public officials are...requests for public documents and 66 percent...

Article: OPENING PUBLIC RECORDS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 3, 2000 ;     522 words ......the definition of public documents available to the...assign an open-public-records case to any municipal...Expanding the public documents law and punishing...else seeking the public documents they are entitled...

Article: Pieces of history are going - then gone - on eBay ; Some sales of rare public documents are illegal in Maine, but online sales can be hard to catch.
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  February 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Some sales of rare public documents are illegal in Maine...sale of original public documents, a problem they...general public. "Public documents belong to the public...material can help public officials as a reference...histories and copies of public ...

Article: PUBLIC RECORDS NOT JUST FOR MEDIA
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  July 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......lot of their information: public records. This week, newspapers...when they were asked for public documents. The results aren't very...the state to ask for six public documents were told not...citizens who wanted to look at public records. I was fortunate ...

Article: PUBLIC RECORDS ARE A PUBLIC CONCERN
News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  July 27, 1999 ;     700+ words ......of their information: public records. This week, newspapers...when they were asked for public documents. The results aren't very...the state to ask for six public documents were told not...what would happen if the public agencies were faced with...who wanted to look at ...

Article: Getting at public records
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 24, 2003 ;     334 words ...Getting at public records By STANFORD Monday, February 24, 2003 Once, getting public records was a cinch; at least the law -- if not the public agency -- was likely on the public's side. In a series of decisions starting in 1996...complicated matters. What once were routine requests for ...

Article: Costs for public records add up in S.B. County
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  June 29, 2006 ;     488 words ......change with you if you want copies of some public records in San Bernardino County. Most cities in the...more documents requested under the California Public Records Act, the more costly it could be. It is illegal to charge the public to view public records. ''If a ...

Article: How to crack the DNA code of public records
The Quill;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......learning about public records into minutes...But these public records are real And...genetic code of public documents. The first rule of public records use is that...reveal include public school substitute...depends on state public records laws. But ...

Article: Pricey public records.(UP FRONT: News, Trends & Analysis)(Brief article)
Information Management Journal;  January 1, 2007 ;     240 words ......unusually high fees for access to public records. Most of the state's 55 sheriff...public is less likely to request public records. While some states specifically...agencies may charge for reproducing public documents (typically 10 to 25 cents per page...collected $389,680 in 2005 ...