Issue 6

Rulebook

Your AI prompts are public records. Now what?

Sep 8, 2026

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5 min read

Your AI prompts are public records. Now what?

The legal reality of using ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or Claude for work, and exactly how to save your prompts before someone actually asks for them. Plus a Pennsylvania ruling worth knowing.

Prompt Local

A free weekly newsletter for the people running small government offices. Each week, one AI tool that fits a real job in a small government office, records requests, meeting minutes, permits, resident questions, that kind of work. I'll show you exactly how to put it to use, plus what to watch for so it doesn't bite you later. I also flag any new AI rules landing on offices like yours. That's it. No fluff, no sales pitch. Written by Scott Olsen, CGCIO, a former local-government CIO