Brian, you raise an important distinction. Generally speaking, public
agencies are required to make open public records available, and allow for
reproduction of those records. We are not, however, required to publish
them in any particular form. The restricted posting of those records is not
uncommon by public entities when posting to the internet, for reasons of
privacy, security, etc...

Some time ago in Oregon, DMV records were obtained by a private citizen who
then proceeded to post them on the internet. The public responded
negatively, and the legislature changed the law to prohibit such
publication in the future. Someone from Oregon more familiar with this may
be able to add to this, as I can't recall if that was an overall access
exemption, or a restriction on a specific form of publication.

It is, however, an example of how the system worked, and can work.

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Dwight Wallis, CRM
Multnomah County Records Management & Distribution Services Manager
1620 SE 190th Avenue
Portland, OR 97233
ph: Records- (503)988-3741
ph: Distribution - (503)988-3533, x29131
cell: (503)260-2263
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