Oklahoma University: Is this legal?...

[Jim Warren]

At 07:09 PM 12/17/95, sethf at 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 at well.com)
Advocate & columnist, MicroTimes, Government Technology, BoardWatch, etc.