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GRAMA Essentials Section 3 3.1. Records that must be disclosed
3.1. Records that must be disclosed (63G-2-301)
GRAMA includes a list of records that must always be disclosed. (Subsection (2)) This list includes such things as:
- laws;
- the name, gender, gross compensation, job title, job description, business address, business email address, business telephone number, hours worked, employment dates, and relevant education, previous employment, and job qualifications of a current or former governmental entity employee (excluding undercover law enforcement and investigative personnel)
- minutes of an open public meeting;
- records filed with various offices that provide information about real property, including such things as titles, encumbrances, use restrictions, and tax status of real property;
- documentation of the compensation paid to a contractor or private provider; (a contractor works for government while a private provider is hired by government to work for the citizens);
- summary data, which means statistical data derived from restricted records that does not reveal the restricted elements;
- voter registration records, excluding the voter’s driver license number and Social Security number.
GRAMA also lists records that are normally public. (Subsection (3)) These records include those for which access can be restricted if circumstances exist that make interests favoring restriction outweigh the interests favoring access.
- administrative staff manuals and policy statements;
- contracts;
- records documenting compliance to the terms of a contract;
- drafts that were circulated beyond the governmental entity and it’s immediate business associates,
- drafts that were not finalized but which were relied on to make a decision;
- disciplinary records of a past or present governmental entity employee if the disciplinary action has been completed, all time periods for administrative appeal have expired, and the charges were sustained;
- final audit reports;
- occupational and professional licenses;
- business licenses.
The examples provided here are not a complete list of records which GRAMA identifies as normally public or records that must be disclosed. Neither is the list identified in GRAMA exhaustive. Ultimately, a record is public unless otherwise expressly stated by law.