"Experts offer information request tips," Columbia Daily Tribune, Mar. 20, 2011.
Missouri’s Open Meetings and Records Law is supposed to require governmental agencies to provide public information, but sometimes it takes “ninja-like” strategies to dislodge that data, said David Herzog, a fellow at the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri.
That’s because some entities have a few tricks of their own up their sleeves, such as using stall tactics.
“Government agencies put you off,” said Mark Horvit, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors. “They know most people will go away.”
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