What is GRAMA?

The Governmental Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA) can be found in §63G-2 of Utah State Code.  According the §63G-2-102 of Utah State Code, the intent of the Legislature is to: 

• Promote the public’s right of easy and reasonable access to unrestricted public records;
• Specify those conditions under which the public interest in allowing restrictions on access to records may outweigh the public’s interest in access;
• Prevent abuse of confidentiality by governmental entities by permitting confidential treatment of records only as provided in this chapter;
• Provide guidelines for both disclosure and restrictions on access to governmental records, which are based on the equitable weighing of the pertinent interest and which are consistent with nationwide standards of information practices;
• Favor public access when, in the the application of this act, countervailing interests are of equal weight; and
• Establish fair and reasonable records management practices.