“Facilitating access to governmental records promotes public awareness and knowledge of governmental actions and encourages governmental officials and agencies to remain accountable to the citizens of Tennessee.”
Common “Public Records”
Emails, texts, tweets, FB posts
Video recordings/surveillance
Personnel records/HR Investigations/Applicant
Records
Travel/leave information
Meeting agenda and minutes
Contract/bidding documents
Budget records
Financial records
Tenn. Code Ann. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(B)
Records custodian shall promptly make records
available
If not practicable to make promptly available, must do one of the following within 7 business days:
Make the records available;
Deny the request in writing with the basis for denial; or
Furnish in writing, or by completing a response form developed by OORC, the time reasonably necessary to produce the records or information.
Failure to respond as indicated above = denial
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