Patrick Cunningham wrote:
>the exception might be on government contracts, but I wouldn't bet the
farm there

While I can't speak for the federal government (particularly the
military/security areas) or all jurisdictions, in my experience pricing
of this kind for this type of service is almost always an open public
record. Open contracts are considered a fundamental right related to
transparent government - a key anti-corruption facet of public records
rules. Many of our current sunshine rules arose from, among other
things, abuses of public contracting, particularly in relation to some
of the urban political machines of the past. I often get competitor
requests for contract pricing after a contract has been awarded. Of
course, during the proposal evaluation phase, such information is
considered confidential until contract award.

In Multnomah County, proposers can declare portions of their proposals
confidential even after the contract award, however, they are warned
against declaring the entire proposal confidential. If they do so, the
entire proposal automatically becomes an open public record. In
addition, "confidential" simply means, in this instance, that we will
require the requestor to submit a public records request to be reviewed
by legal counsel and/or the District Attorney. If their review allows
release, the information will be released.

Dwight Wallis, CRM
Records Administrator
Multnomah County Records Management Program
1620 SE 190th Avenue
Gresham, OR 97233
phone: (503)988-3741
fax: (503)988-3754
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