S.D. attorney general considers FOI reform
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Attorney General Larry Long says he might recommend that the
Legislature set up a system that lets people request access to public
records.
He says it would be similar the federal Freedom of Information
Act, which sets rules for reviewing and obtaining government
documents.
The attorney general says people often do not know where they
can find the public information they are seeking.
The recommendation
could be part of a report due by month's end on a massive review of government
records. The review involved thousands of state, school district, municipal and
county records to determine which ones are open to the public, confidential or
unspecified.
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