Austin Office Of The Mayor RTO Return to Office Communications 2023

Dear Brandon Galbraith:
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin. Your request was received in this office on 12/4/2023 and given the reference number C204891-120423 for tracking purposes. Your request will be forwarded to the relevant City departments to locate the information you seek.
Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Email messages and message contents with the keywords "RTO" or "Return to Office" in the email message subject or message body within the last calendar year.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Galbraith

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Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, you will receive communication from the City of Austin within 10 business days informing you of one or more of the following:
• The date the information will be available or a copy of the records sought
• A cost estimate/invoice
• A letter advising there is no responsive information for your request or that some/all the responsive information may or must be withheld by the City of Austin in accordance with the law
• The need for clarification from you.
Please note your request must ask for records that already exist. The Texas Public Information Act does not require a governmental body to create new information, perform legal research, or answer questions.
You can monitor the status of your request using the "My Request Center" menu option at the Austin Public Records Center.
You will receive an email once your request is complete.

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Re: Public Information Request of December 04, 2023, Reference # C204891-120423 Dear Brandon Galbraith, The City of Austin received a Public Information request from you on December 04, 2023 The City of Austin has responsive information for your request.  Please log in to the Open Records Center at the following link to download the responsive records. City of Austin - Mayor, Council, City Manager, or Assistant City Manager - C204891-120423 Please be advised you have 30 days to access this information. Once that time has passed, you MUST RESUBMIT YOUR REQUEST as the records are no longer available. Furthermore, due to security reasons you have 3 attempts to download the documents before the system will lock the information. Your browser pop-up blockers must be TURNED OFF to successfully access the information. Please make sure these are turned off before attempting to download. A request for copies of records pertaining to the following: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Email messages and message contents with the keywords "RTO" or "Return to Office" in the email message subject or message body within the last calendar year.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Galbraith

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Thank you for contacting the City of Austin. PIR Team City of Austin— Law Department (512) 974-2197 The City of Austin has reviewed your request and has determined that certain portions of the requested records are exempt from disclosure under Public Information Act (PIA) and have been redacted for the following reasons: The following notice is required by section 552.137 of the Government Code: The information you requested contains an e-mail address of a member of the public that is provided for the purpose of communicating electronically with a governmental body. As allowed by section 552.137 of the Texas Government Code, this information is confidential and not subject to disclosure under this chapter. Our office is prohibited by law from releasing this information to you, and therefore we have removed this information from the enclosed information we are providing to you. Normally, we must request a ruling from the Texas Attorney General before we can withhold any of the information you requested. However, section 552.137 allows us to withhold this specific information without requesting a ruling from the attorney general. You have the right to appeal our decision to withhold this information from you. Instructions for appeal are included with this letter. If you do not want to appeal, you do not need to do anything else. Please note that we are only withholding the specific categories of information that are confidential under section 552.137. We will process the rest of your request for information in accordance with the terms of the Public Information Act.

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Re: Public Information Request of December 04, 2023, Reference # C204891-120423 Dear Brandon Galbraith, The City of Austin received a Public Information request from you on December 04, 2023 The City of Austin has responsive information for your request.  Please log in to the Open Records Center at the following link to download the responsive records. City of Austin - Mayor, Council, City Manager, or Assistant City Manager - C204891-120423 The responsive information exceeds the capacity to send via email.   Please try again to access the information via our portal.  If you have any questions please give us a call (512) 974-2197 to better assist you.  Thank you Please be advised you have 30 days to access this information. Once that time has passed, you MUST RESUBMIT YOUR REQUEST as the records are no longer available. Furthermore, due to security reasons you have 3 attempts to download the documents before the system will lock the information. Your browser pop-up blockers must be TURNED OFF to successfully access the information. Please make sure these are turned off before attempting to download. A request for copies of records pertaining to the following: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Email messages and message contents with the keywords "RTO" or "Return to Office" in the email message subject or message body within the last calendar year.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Galbraith

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Thank you for contacting the City of Austin. PIR Team City of Austin— Law Department (512) 974-2197

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Re: Open Record Request of December 04, 2023, Reference # C204891-120423
Dear Brandon Galbraith,
The City of Austin received a Public Information request from you on December 04, 2023, to request copies of records pertaining to the following: “To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Email messages and message contents with the keywords "RTO" or "Return to Office" in the email message subject or message body within the last calendar year.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Brandon Galbraith

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ Please submit a new request and reference the previous number, C204891-120423. Please be advised you have 30 days to access this information. Once that time has passed, you MUST RESUBMIT YOUR REQUEST as the records are no longer available.
Thank you for contacting the City of Austin.
PIR Team
City of Austin—Law Department
(512) 974-2197