Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin's office yet to produce records on Affordable Care Act rejection

The Oklahoman in November requested emails relating to her decision to first accept and then reject $54 million in health care funding to develop a health care exchange, a primary component of the new federal health care law passed last year known as Obamacare.

Fallin's spokesman, Alex Weintz, said since The Oklahoman's initial request under the state's Open Records Act seven other news media organizations have followed suit.

“The largest in scope asks for all documents sent or received dating back to before Gov. Fallin was sworn in as governor,” Weintz said in an email. “In answering these requests, we are processing the largest in scope first — which means assembling every document, email, letter, etc., containing key words related to health policy.”

Weintz said the Office of Management and Enterprise Services is pulling the records and lawyers within the governor's office are reviewing each.

Those her office considers outside the scope of the request or exempt from the Act are then redacted or culled. Personal notes made by policymakers during policy meetings or emails that pertain to actual litigation can be considered closed records under the act.