Oklahoma University: Is this legal?...
Jim Warren
jwarren at well.com
Tue Dec 19 09:17:11 PST 1995
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.
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