This appeal requires this court to determine whether certain data the Department of Corrections (DOC) is required to maintain by federal and State regulations is no longer subject to disclosure as a "government record" under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). Specifically, whether data previously provided to the public in monthly reports is no longer available because the DOC implemented a new data collection system that does not generate these reports. The Government Records Council (GRC) upheld the DOC's denial of these records because they are no longer available in this format. This court reverses the GRC and holds that technological advancements in data storage should enhance, not diminish, the public's right to access "government records" under OPRA. Acceptance of the DOC's argument would leave the public policy of transparency and openness codified in OPRA unacceptably vulnerable to bureaucratic manipulation.