*Summary:* At the request of the Legislature, this performance audit
examined the effect of public records requests on state and local
governments. We found that a changing public records environment and a
Public Records Act (PRA) that has not kept pace with present-day issues
pose challenges that, if not addressed, may undermine the original intent
of public records laws and hinder other essential government services. Read
the two-page summary *(pdf, 89 kb)*.

The state and local governments that responded to our statewide survey
reported spending more than $60 million to fulfill more than 285,000 public
records requests in the most recent year alone. Requesters pay only a small
portion of the costs (less than 1 percent) involved in fulfilling public
records requests.


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