Does more government solve the problems we have with government?

Would a ‘Record Czar’ benefit Utah’s open records process?

Let me see if I get this....we have a problem with our government's inability or refusal to provide access to public records. So, let's hire more government? What makes anyone think a job done poorly by the government is going to get done better by simply hiring more government?

Instead, hire a private corporation and give them unrestricted access to "public files," (they are public after all.) Pay them to publish everything on line, create a simple website for people to navigate, and train the government employees we already employ on how to use it and how to teach other people how to use it. Also, create a short-term oversight committee or team appointed by congress, which is accountable by election, to make sure there is no abuse, and pay that committee to make sure this is all done correctly and in a timely manner. Finally, create legislation that requires all public documents to be added correctly to the database within each governmental organization that collects those documents.

I am willing to pay, through my taxes, for a business to set this up, and then for our current government employees to file things in a manner that we can all access online, any time we want.