Public university records request guidelines, policies, and logs (Washburn University)

Adrien Salzberg filed this request with the Washburn University of Kansas.
Multi Request Public university records request guidelines, policies, and logs
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From: Adrien Salzberg

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the The Kansas Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Materials describing guidelines for and the processing of public records requests submitted to this agency.

Please provide:
• all policies regarding the process by which requests are received, delegated, and processed by this agency
• any and all reports or other internally-generated materials describing the public records operations of this agency
• any available logs of public records requests received by this agency from the period from January 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019, including, if possible, the following data points: the date on which the request was received, the requester, the content of the request, the status of the request, the number and type of records released, any applicable tracking number, and the date on which the request was closed
• any guidelines used by this agency as part of the public records process, including any guidelines or directives regarding exemptions, the application of exemptions or restrictions, and the process by which particular record searches are conducted

If there are other agencies that are affiliated with this agency that may have their own policies (e.g. the university police department), please provide us with these agencies, so that we may contact that department directly for its public records policies.

If you have any questions about this request, please contact us at the MuckRock office at 617-299-1832.

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 3 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Adrien Salzberg

From: Washburn University

In response to your request for open records, below is the link to our procedures

https://washburn.edu/faculty-staff/human-resources/wuprpm/WUPRPM-Procedures-and-Regs/A.%20GeneralTopicsRegs.pdf

We do not keep a log. I am not aware of any other written guidelines other than the procedures above, nor are there any other departments that respond to open records requests to my knowledge.

Marc B. Fried
University Counsel
Washburn University I 1700 College Ave. I 200 Morgan Hall I Topeka KS 66621
Voice: 785-670-1712 I email: marc.fried@Washburn.edu<mailto:marc.fried@Washburn.edu>
Twitter: @WashburnCounsel

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From: Washburn University

I just realized that in my response to you I forgot to note that you need to go to Section A.14 for the procedure specifically related to Open Records. I believe the link already takes you to Section A, but just in case it takes you to the beginning of the procedures.

Marc B. Fried
University Counsel
Washburn University I 1700 College Ave. I 200 Morgan Hall I Topeka KS 66621
Voice: 785-670-1712 I email: marc.fried@Washburn.edu<mailto:marc.fried@Washburn.edu>
Twitter: @WashburnCounsel

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From: Washburn University

Your request was answered with two emails as shown below. If there is something you believe was not addressed, please advise.

Marc B. Fried
University Counsel
Washburn University I 1700 College Ave. I 200 Morgan Hall I Topeka KS 66621
Voice: 785-670-1712 I email: marc.fried@Washburn.edu<mailto:marc.fried@Washburn.edu>
Twitter: @WashburnCounsel

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***********************PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL**************************

This e-mail message from the University Counsel's Office of Washburn University is intended only for named recipients. It contains information that may be confidential, privileged, attorney work product, or otherwise exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error, are not a named recipient, or are not the employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to a named recipient, be advised that any review, disclosure, use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message or its contents is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately at 785-670-1712 that you have received this message in error, and delete the message. Thank you. Washburn University. Visit us on the web at http://www.washburn.edu<http://www.washburn.edu/>.

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