OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's Open Records law requires prompt and reasonable compliance with requests from the public, but the act doesn't define exactly what "prompt and reasonable" means.
While some agencies can comply with requests within hours, other state entities have taken months to respond.
Records requests submitted to the governor's office and several state agencies by The Associated Press over last April's botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate have yet to be filled.
Governor Mary Fallin's spokesman Alex Weintz says the office takes the law seriously, but also says some requests require tens of thousands of documents to be read to make sure sensitive and protected material isn't released.
Mark Thomas of the Oklahoma Press Association says agencies should be prompt, but those requesting the records should be patient, especially for labor-intensive requests.