“What has really kind of changed in open records is the county gets a lot more statewide requests where an interest group is asking every county for a batch of information.” And, these groups are wanting the documents electronically, he said. “This is, of course, completely legal and the county is happy to help them with these requests as long as they’re under the (Kansas Open Records Act), but it just makes complying with the request awkward,” he said. So the change would make clear that the county will ask to be reimbursed for the staff time involved in fulfilling them.
Source: Great Bend Tribune
