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Portland committee opposes proposal to require 30-day FOAA responses, cites staffing and cost burdens
Summary
City legal staff and the communications director told the committee that a proposed change to the Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) requiring a concrete 30-day response deadline would be infeasible for the city without new staffing and would create significant workload and redaction burdens; the committee voted to oppose the bill.
Portland's legislative committee voted to oppose a bill that would amend the Freedom of Access Act to require public bodies to respond to requests within a concrete 30 days.
Nicole Albert, attorney in the city legal office, said the current statute requires responses "within a reasonable period of time," and the proposed bill would change that to "a concrete 30 days." Albert gave the…
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