Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2016 0:58:37 GMT -6
In advance of Sunshine Week, Gov. Scott Walker is ordering his administration to improve its handling of public records requests, speed up response times and provide mandatory records training for all state workers.
The move comes months after he helped draft legislation, later withdrawn, to severely restrict the kind of information the public can use to learn about how state and local governments work on behalf of taxpayers. Walker is also fighting a lawsuit over his refusal to disclose certain records by saying they were part of a “deliberative process.”
Walker on Friday issued an executive order that emphasizes a number of areas in the state’s Public Records Law, including responding to requests quickly and not charging for electronic responses to requests when possible.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-calls-for-state-agencies-to-track-open-records/article_646e6c83-8160-5e68-aff1-43173df19574.html
The move comes months after he helped draft legislation, later withdrawn, to severely restrict the kind of information the public can use to learn about how state and local governments work on behalf of taxpayers. Walker is also fighting a lawsuit over his refusal to disclose certain records by saying they were part of a “deliberative process.”
Walker on Friday issued an executive order that emphasizes a number of areas in the state’s Public Records Law, including responding to requests quickly and not charging for electronic responses to requests when possible.
Read more: host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/scott-walker-calls-for-state-agencies-to-track-open-records/article_646e6c83-8160-5e68-aff1-43173df19574.html