12/16/2015: While Governor Kate Brown has proposed significant reforms to the law for the upcoming 2016 legislative session, such as a public advocate (see below), AG Ellen Rosenblum’s task force is planning a revision of the public records law for the 2017 session. The link to the task force is here.
I’ve been sitting through their 3rd meeting for 2 hours now, and I’d say the jury is still out as to whether the AG’s rewrite of the law will improve Oregon public records transparency, or make it worse.
The editorial pages of Oregon’s newspapers, having been burned by a similar effort from John Kroger, are very skeptical.
12/14/2015:
Governor Kate Brown wants an Oregon public records advocate:
I nominate Steve Duin for the job. The full text of her speech to the Oregon Leadership Summit, in the Oregonian here: