ORS 192.180: Coordination of executive department response to public records request.

(1) As used in this section, “executive department” has the meaning given that term in ORS 174.112, except that “executive department” does not include the Secretary of State in performing the duties of the constitutional office of Secretary of State or the State Treasurer in performing the duties of the constitutional office of State Treasurer. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall coordinate the efforts of each executive department agency for which the department is the custodian of the public records of the agency that are retained in electronic form, in fulfilling public records requests made of the agency. (3) The department shall provide technical assistance to each executive department agency for which the department is not the custodian of the public records of the agency that are retained in electronic form, in fulfilling public records requests made of the agency. (4) When an executive department agency is aware that the same public records request has been made of itself and one or more other executive department agencies, the agency shall consult with the department prior to producing records in order to ensure consistency between agencies in the production of records. (5) In providing coordination and technical assistance under this section, the department shall apply the standards, protocols and procedures that the State Chief Information Officer develops under ORS 276A.203 (4)(a)(O). [2016 c.48 §2]