What do you like best about JustFOIA?
We needed a one-stop shop for PRA processing, a hub where all PRAs lived, where staff had the capabilities to review, redact, retain, and release records, correspond with each other, correspond with the requester, and have all the backup documentation of the who, what, when, where, and how in case something ever came up, if someone wasn’t satisfied, if someone didn’t get their records, if someone said they didn’t get communicated with; we had it all at our fingertips with JustFOIA.
Not only did we need a one-stop shop for PRA processing, we needed a team that could train us from the ground up to utilize this program in the most efficient way possible; JustFOIA was able to walk through our dreadful process, break it down, and connect the dots without causing chaos; in our history at San Marcos, we have never had such a successful program rollout where everyone felt they had the training, they had the access, and they had the ability to dive in. JustFOIA made the transition successful with their support. From Murray to Ashley, to Kit, Cameron, and Chris, we have had nothing but unreasonably amazing service and support to the point that there are times that I wish things would mess up more, so I had an excuse to reach out and catch up because they’ve been wonderful people to walk this journey with.
We went from releasing general PRAs at the 10-day mark to consistently releasing these records in 3 days, because our staff isn’t spending days on end going through the process to ensure every little email is sent, record is uploaded in one place, communicated in another, and so forth. We have seen an absurd amount of public-use from the portal, so consider that our PRAs seem to have tripled and yet we are consistently releasing records quickly and efficiently; we often get kudos from our repeat requesters about how much they love the portal, how user friendly it is, and how it doesn’t compare to some of the other platforms that other cities are using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.