PIERRE, S.D. (AP) Attorney General Larry Long says he might recommend that the Legislature set up a system that lets people request access to public records.

He says it would be similar the federal Freedom of Information Act, which sets rules for reviewing and obtaining government documents.

The attorney general says people often do not know where they can find the public information they are seeking.

The recommendation could be part of a report due by month's end on a massive review of government records. The review involved thousands of state, school district, municipal and county records to determine which ones are open to the public, confidential or unspecified.

Generally, South Dakota law provides that government records are open only if an agency is required by law to keep those records.

(By AP Writer Joe Kafka) (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) APNP 06-25-07 0101CDT | save this article / add to your favorites list