In May, TriMet hired the law firm of Stoll Berne to review how the agency handles Public Records Requests (PRR) and how it produces documents for legal cases. The independent review (it's not independent if Trimet is paying for it and where the heck did they come up with the $ for this?) was initiated after separate media reports charged that TriMet was not forthcoming with public records and that TriMet hid documents in a federal court case. TriMet wanted an independent review to set the record straight. (in other words they are saying the media was lying, which they always do with anybody that challenges them)
“We stand by our dedication to transparency and we release all records and documents appropriately,” said TriMet General Counsel Jana Toran.(Jesus Save us from these hypocrites) “We approach all records requests with the assumption that the records are public and releasable, unless there is an exemption or conditional exemption that applies.” (ya right)
We estimate that investing in electronic discovery and other tools to improve document management and records retrieval could cost between $3 million to $5 million. The agency has to balance this cost against its core business of expanding service. (UNBELIEVABLE)
Hire a consultant to guide records management system (LORD HELP US, Trimet management is unable to do anything without outside help. They have money for everything except health care for employees and bus trips for riders. Truly truly disgraceful)
You can read the Trimet 'press release' HERE if you want to.
1 comment:
Don't miss the part about how they're going to hire a consultant to manage the records process. Because that does so much for the core value of service that we don't even pretend to care about anymore!
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