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S.D. study: Records law needs work

South Dakota needs a better definition of public records, Attorney General Larry Long says in the summary of a year-long study of open government.

Long said he’ll recommend that the Legislature make changes in state laws that deal with open and closed records, including a standard definition of what is public and a process “for quickly and economically resolving disputes’’ when a public agency denies someone access to a record.

Read the entire story at the Argus Leader.


Published Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:12 AM by JoelCampbell

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