UGA ORR logs

Mr. Edwards—

This is in response to your September 13, 2023, request for documents under the Georgia Open Records Act, and is in accordance with the three-day period of response pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(2).

You have requested “Any and all available logs of open records requests received or processed by the University of Georgia during the time periods listed below. I would like to obtain logs of open records requests for the following time periods:

- 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020
- 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021
- 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022”

You further clarified to “Please include all available segregable information, including, if applicable: request number, the name of the requestor, the email/mailing address of the requestor, the description of requested documents, the date on which the request was made, the status of the request, the date on which the request was closed, and any other fields or attributes that your office records or retains in the process of responding to requests.”

At present we are experiencing a high volume of requests. We anticipate having an update for you by October 12, 2023, so that we can prepare search, retrieval, review, and production time/cost estimates.

At this point, some information may be exempt from release in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(1), (20)(A), (21) and (37). As we process your request further, there may additional exemptions. We will notify you of any additional exemptions no later than three business days after the records have been retrieved in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d).

We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Regards,

Bob Taylor
Division of Marketing & Communications
Open Records Manager
Hodgson Oil Building, Suite 200 N | 286 Oconee St. | Athens, GA 30602
706-542-8090 | btaylor@uga.edu<mailto:btaylor@uga.edu> | www.uga.edu<http://www.uga.edu/>
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Mr. Edwards—

This is a follow-up response to your Open Records Act request for “Any and all available logs of open records requests received or processed by the University of Georgia during the time periods listed below. I would like to obtain logs of open records requests for the following time periods:

- 1/1/2020 - 12/31/2020
- 1/1/2021 - 12/31/2021
- 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022”

With respect to your request, the Georgia Open Records Act allows charges for search, retrieval, review, redaction, and production in connection with compliance; provided, however, that no charge is made for the first quarter-hour. To that end, our search, retrieval, review, redaction, and production charges in complying with this request will be five (5) hours for a total estimate of $228.00 and will require 20 business days for production. The Act also allows for an agency to defer search and retrieval of records until the requester agrees to pay the estimated costs. We ask that you provide confirmation, in writing, to us that you agree to pay these estimated charges.

To reiterate, some information may be exempt from release in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a)(1), (20)(A), (21) and (37), and as we process your request further, there may additional exemptions. We will notify you of any additional exemptions no later than three business days after the records have been retrieved in accordance with O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d).

Please let us know how you would like to proceed.

Regards,

Bob Taylor
Division of Marketing & Communications
Open Records Manager
Hodgson Oil Building, Suite 200 N | 286 Oconee St. | Athens, GA 30602
706-542-8090 | btaylor@uga.edu<mailto:btaylor@uga.edu> | www.uga.edu<http://www.uga.edu/>
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