CHEYENNE — A legislative task force charged with proposing updates to the Wyoming Public Records Act concluded its second working meeting Monday, highlighting an ongoing division between advocates pushing for rapid transparency and government entities concerned about their capacity to comply with accelerated deadlines and unfunded mandates.
Established in August, the task force — led by Wyoming Public Records Ombudsman Darlena Potter — identified three key areas during initial discussions last month: shortening public records request fulfillment timelines, standardizing fee schedules, and addressing burdensome, often out-of-state, data mining requests.
The conversations in the second meeting focused primarily on finding a workable compromise. Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander, emphasized the need