Richardson Scored a “B” in Open Records Request

The DMN, over the past year, put to test government agencies on how open they truly are. The DMN Watchdog then reported.

 

Here is the link:  http://www.dallasnews.com/investigations/watchdog/20150213-watchdog-who-is-good-at-open-government-who-is-bad.ece

Richardson, along with many other cites, didn’t make the print article. But they are listed at this link with grades: http://labs.dallasnews.com/reportcard/transparency-2015/all/

To be honest, I thought the City of Richardson would score an A or A+. The city secretary’s office has been fairly responsive to the requests I have made, even back in the Keffler/Slagel days. At times back them, performance was less than stellar. Toward the end of the Keffler/Slagel reign, I would get notification at about a quarter till five on the 10th day. Now, it seems I get the notice as soon as the request is filled.

The DMN giving them a “B” is probably a more unbiased score, and probably about right.

So there are two relatively positive posts in a row for Richardson on this blog this week (actually with 14 hours). That doesn’t happen often. Times are a changin’.