The sisters at giant ASU north of Maricopa are turning to their relatively poor Muni brothers for advice on fulfilling public records requests.

Through its own public records request, the City of Tempe is asking the City of Maricopa about its process for selecting software such as JustFOIA, GovQA, and Next Request. Tempe city officials said the information is intended to “better support and coordinate our efforts to fulfill public records requests.” “As part of this effort, we are reaching out to other cities to understand their approaches to addressing these demands.”

“We’re reaching out to Maricopa specifically to better understand how your teams are using JustFOIA,” said Tempe City Clerk Martin Moreno.

said Chris Baxter Ginn, City of Tempe spokesperson. Inmaricopa The City of Tempe is researching new technology options.

“It’s very common to reach out to other communities and see if they’re happy with their processes and systems,” she said. “We have been in touch with not only Maricopa, but several other cities…We want to make sure we are getting the best value for our residents. Just like we check someone’s references, we reach out to other communities to see what their experience is with the various software they use.”

“We have no specific comment on this,” said Maricopa City spokeswoman Monica Williams.