How to Jump-Start Your Records Requests

How to jump-start your records requests

Wisconsin’s Open Records law gives requesters the right to request records from their government. After all, as the law states, “a representative government is dependent upon an informed electorate.”

How to jump start your records requests

Christa Westerberg: Wisconsin law allows "any person" to request records from state or local government. Here are tools to help you get the records you want.

April: How to jump start your records requests – Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council

Wisconsin’s Open Records law gives requesters the right to request records from their government. After all, as the law states, “a representative government is dependent upon an informed electorate.” But how to get started? Under the law, “any person” can make a request for records from any Wisconsin state or local government agency or official, verbally or in writing. You don’t have to start from square one: There are many tools available to he…