Lease RFP - CORA Jan 12, 2006 Appeal

From: Al Kolwicz [mailto:alkolwicz@qwest.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:25 AM
To: 'Bailey, Shelley'
Cc: 'Liss, Josh'; 'Salas, Linda'; Boulder County Commissioners (commissioners@co.boulder.co.us)
Subject: RE: CORA denial - BC Voting Equipment RFP

Ms. Bailey,

We are in receipt of your January 18^th denial of our request for records. 

What your client is doing may be legal, but it certainly does not seem ethical, and is definitely not in the best interests of the people of Boulder County.  As you know, Boulder County people place a high value on open government. 

1. We are unaware of any law that prevents your client from conducting public business in a transparent fashion.  We find no law that prevents your client from including interested members of the public in the election requirements development process.  We ask again to review a copy of any of the subject material as soon as it is no longer shielded by the laws that your client is using to prevent public oversight.
2. Are we to understand that your client does not use responsible management practices?  According to your reply there are no plans; no checkpoints; no procedures; no particular individual(s) accountable for the content of the final RFP.  This is very disturbing.  As soon as your client has a plan, a checkpoint, a procedure, or a person(s) accountable for any of the subject material we ask to be receive a copy of same.

In our January 12^th Open Records Request we asked, “Because the requested information will likely be changing daily, we would like to be updated daily as new information becomes available.  Or we can work out with you a schedule for regular updates to the material.” 

Is it your client’s intention to honor this request?

Is it still the case that there are no plans, schedules, procedures, and that no particular individual(s) accountable for development of the requirements and the RFP?

Sincerely,

Al Kolwicz

CAMBER – Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results

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Boulder, CO 80305

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