Toensing v. Attorney Gen. of Vt.

¶ 1. At issue in this appeal is whether, under the Vermont Access to Public Records Act (PRA), a government agency must ask state employees to determine whether they possess public records in digital form in their personal accounts when a requester specifically requests communications between specified state employees and third parties, including records that can be found only in the individual state employee's personal account. We conclude that the PRA's definition of "public record" includes digital documents stored in private accounts, but emphasize that it extends only to documents that…