Wisconsin Governor finding new way to deny public records

Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has found another novel method to deny the public access to government records.

In at least two recent cases, the administration says it doesn’t have to keep certain “transitory” records and therefore can’t release records it doesn’t have.

That judgment is based on the decisions of an obscure eight-member body appointed by the governor and other state officials to oversee state records retention policy. Continue…
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