17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 07:09 PM 12/17/95, sethf@MIT.EDU wrote:
c) someone decided that everything stored on the University's computer system was therefore a "public record" (since the computer is "owned" by the public), and thus had to be accessible by law.
Uh, every PRA (public records act) in the nation hase extensive exceptions -- for school records, collective bargaining, various investigative records, etc. NO state PRA or federal FOIA declares blanket access to all public-agency records -- often justifiably; sometimes for agency arse-covering. --jim Jim Warren, GovAccess list-owner/editor (jwarren@well.com) Advocate & columnist, MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc.