Records Request? Just a Minute, We Have to Check With Subject First
· Story link New York’s Racing and Wagering Board has agreed to stop a 30-year-old practice of checking first with…
New York’s Racing and Wagering Board has agreed to stop a 30-year-old practice of checking first with the subjects before granting Freedom of Information Law requests for records. It took a state supreme court ruling to convince them the custom might be improper. There’s no record of how many requests were rejected in whole or part as a result of the consultations. (5/24/05)