Oklahoma Watch sought a record of who entered the Department of Education building and when. The agency refused, citing a security exemption from the Open Records Act meant to thwart terrorists.
The comings and goings of public servants isn’t exactly the alarm system diagram or the combination to the vault. Anyone sitting in the parking lot can observe who enters the building.
Attorney General Gentner Drummond agreed, issuing an opinion that those records are indeed public records. With that settled, it is clearly illegal for the Department of Education to withhold them.
