Evaluations for James J. Valentini (University of California, Berkeley)

Dear Mr. Skelding:

This will acknowledge and respond to your Public Records Act request below.
Appropriate offices have been notified and a search for responsive
documents is currently underway. Records identified as responsive to your
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with relevant law and University policy.

Although the requested documents have not yet been fully gathered and
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. We will provide you with a status update after the requested records
have been thoroughly reviewed.

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n addition, Government Code Section 6253.9(b) provides that requester
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shall bear the cost of producing a copy of the record, including the cost
to construct a record, and the cost of programming and computer services
necessary to produce a copy of the record when either of the following
applies:

(1) In order to comply with the provisions of subdivision (a), the public
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record is one that is produced only at otherwise regularly scheduled
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Regarding your request that we grant a waiver of
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fees

, the University does not generally waive such costs.

Regards,

Liane Ko
Public Records Coordinator

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University of California, Berkeley
Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services
200 California Hall, MC #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 664-4615

---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Conor Skelding <
>
> requests@muckrock.com>
> Date: Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 10:34 PM
> Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Evaluations for James J.
> Valentini (University of California, Berkeley)
> To: lianeko@berkeley.edu
>
>
> December 23, 2013
> University of California, Berkeley
> Public Records Coordinator
> University of California, Berkeley
> Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services
> 200 California Hall, MC #1500
> Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
>
>
> To Whom It May Concern:
>
> Pursuant to the California's Sunshine Amendment (Cal. Const. Art. I, §
> 3(b)), I hereby request the following records:
>
> Copies of all of James J. Valentini's course evaluations submitted by
> students—both statistical results and student comments—sorted by date, as
> well as the title of each course he taught or assisted-taught. I also seek
> any evaluations of Valentini submitted by supervising faculty or advisors.
>
> According to columbia.edu, the website of his current employer, Valentini
> earned his Ph.D in Chemistry from UC Berkeley. [
> http://www.college.columbia.edu/about/dean/biography.php]
>
> I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this
> request is in the public interest. The requested documents will be made
> available to the general public free of charge as part of the public
> information service at MuckRock.com, processed by a representative of the
> news media/press and is made in the process of news gathering and not for
> commercial usage.
>
> In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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,
>
> Conor Skelding
>
> Filed via MuckRock.com
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>
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Dear Mr. Skelding:

Thank you for your patience.

This is a further response to your Public Records Act request regarding
course evaluations for James J. Valentini. We have completed our search for
responsive documents and found no responsive records.
Regards,

Liane Ko
Public Records Coordinator

******************************************
University of California, Berkeley
Office of Ethics, Risk and Compliance Services
200 California Hall, MC #1500
Berkeley, CA 94720-1500
Phone: (510) 664-4615