"How do you properly seek transparency from the AG's office about, well, itself?"

This analysis from the Illinois Better Government Association confirms the public's right of access to records of the Illinois attorney general. The same holds true in Kentucky. The Attorney General is a public agency whose records are subject to the open records law, and his denials may be appealed.

If the Kentucky Attorney General denies a records request, the requester may appeal to his office per KRS 61.880(2) or bypass the Attorney General and appeal directly to circuit court per KRS 61.882. It is especially important that the Attorney General insulate his open records staff from influence, political or otherwise, when his records denials are challenged.

As the Attorney General has often stated, the open records law "does not provide for the appointment of an 'independent authority' under circumstances which might appear to compromise [the Attorney General's] impartiality. The [Attorney General] endeavors to research the law thoroughly and to apply that law to the facts presented without favoritism or bias."