FRANKFORT — Gov. Paul Patton's administration, saying it harbors doubts about security, may ask the General Assembly to rewrite the Open Records Act to limit access to some state government information, officials said Friday.

        A possible amendment to write a “security exemption” into the law is being drafted. Some state government information once readily available on the Internet has been withdrawn from state Web sites.

        For example, the Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities, until recently had maps of electric and gas transmission lines, water lines and electric power plants on its Web site. The files could have be downloaded by anyone with a computer. Now, the site bears a notice that the maps are “available upon written request.”

        Mr. Patton's chief information officer, Aldona Valicenti, said the Natural Resources Cabinet and the state Office of Geographic Information Systems also have taken “critical infrastructure” information off their Web sites.

        Secretary of the Cabinet Crit Luallen said the administration, fearful of what could wind up in terrorist hands, was “looking at the whole range of what state government makes available” as public information.

        “This whole terrorism concern has caused us to do a complete review of data that's out there and never seemed to have any sensitivity before,” Mr. Luallen said.

        Earlier, in a taping of the Newsmakers program at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Mr. Luallen said the administration was concerned about the security of information and that “some legislative adjustments” might be needed.

        Kimberly Greene, a Louisville attorney who frequently argues First Amendment cases about public records, said she was leery of any suggestion that the Kentucky Open Records Act should be limited.

        “Now of all times, American citizens need to have information about their government,” Ms. Greene said.

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