“Run the search.”
He asks the agency to search its email for his request and says, “Run the search.”
Public Records Officer,
On October 28, 2026, you wrote: “The Department of Corrections is experiencing limited staffing, a high volume of public records requests, and increased request complexity. As a result, our next update may take up to 28 business days.”1
My request is one search of your agency’s email: two addresses, five terms, one date range.2
DCBS ran it as one query.3 DOR’s network engineer ran it the day after the request.4 The Columbia River Gorge Commission ran it and had 0 results the next day.5 ODOT priced it, across every mailbox for three years, at one hour.6
A public records officer who works for the public reads the request, runs the search, and sends what it found. That is the job. It is already paid for. The Attorney General’s manual for public bodies says: “In most cases it should be possible to complete the response within ten business days.”7
Run the search. Follow the statute [ORS 192.329(1)].
Thank you for your contribution to the record.
- Your letter, October 28, 2026
- My request, October 27, 2026
- DCBS, response to the same request, October 30, 2026
- DOR, response to the same request, October 29, 2026
- Columbia River Gorge Commission, response to the same request, October 29, 2026
- ODOT, estimate on the same request, October 30, 2026
- Attorney General’s Public Records and Meetings Manual (2024), p. 11