oliverclotheshoff said:
Is there a time frame they must meet for an ORR?
Or is it one of those as they get to it type of things?
Yes and no...
19.35 Access to records
(4) Time for compliance and procedures
(a) Each authority, upon request for any record, shall,
as soon as practicable and without delay, either fill the request or notify the requester of the authority's determination to deny the request in whole or in part and the reasons therefor.
http://docs.legis.wi.gov/statutes/statutes/19/II/35/4
Last time I did an open records request, it took about 2 months before they told me it was ready (which the court found was an unreasonable delay*),
and another couple weeks before they provided the info to my lawyer as part of discovery for the suit we filed to get them to release the information,
and they got creamed by the court for trying to require me to waive my right to sue them as a condition of releasing my records (records about me) to me**.
* The custodian is not authorized to comply with an open records request at some unspecified date in the future. Such a response constitutes a denial of the request.
WTMJ, Inc. v. Sullivan, 1996
* What constitutes a reasonable time for a response by an authority depends on the nature of the request, the staff and other resources available to the authority to process the request, the extent of the request, and other related considerations.
WIREdata, Inc. v. Village of Sussex, 2008
** An agency cannot promulgate an administrative rule that creates an exception to the open records law.
Chavala v. Bubolz, 1996
ETA: Found a whole chapter of a book for legislators which talks about open records.
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lc/publications/briefingbook/ch07_open_records.pdf