Mike Tadych quoted on DHS failure to produce records

Recently, WRAL reported on state Department of Health and Human Services officials’ failure to produce emails requested by the news organization. The request was made more than a year ago.

The story quotes SMVT partner Mike Tadych on the North Carolina Public Records Law, which says that the public records must be produced as “promptly as possible.”

“What would be the impediment to getting you some, if not all, of these emails in a year?” said Mike Tadych, a Raleigh attorney who represents media organizations including WRAL News. “It doesn’t make sense to me.”

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Tadych said that, while it’s true confidential information takes time to screen, that wouldn’t prevent the agency from providing some emails as they progressed.

Read more at WRAL.com.