Mask Mandates (Office of the Governor - Oregon)
| Multi Request | Mask Mandates |
| Submitted | Aug. 25, 2021 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Oregon Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
Emails, memos, letters, documents and other records discussing or mentioning implemented or proposed mask mandate policies, as well as discussions regarding their expiration or termination between January 1, 2020 and the present.
I am a member of the news media and request classification as such. I have previously written about the government and its activities, with some reaching over 100,000 readers in outlets such as Gizmodo, MuckRock, Motherboard, Property of the People, Unicorn Riot, and The Outline, among others. As such, as I have a reasonable expectation of publication and my editorial and writing skills are well established. In addition, I discuss and comment on the files online and make them available through non-profits such as the library Internet Archive and the journalist non-profit MuckRock, disseminating them to a large audience. While my research is not limited to this, a great deal of it, including this, focuses on the activities and attitudes of the government itself. As such, it is not necessary for me to demonstrate the relevance of this particular subject in advance.
As my primary purpose is to inform about government activities by reporting on it and making the raw data available, I request that fees be waived.
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.
Sincerely,
Emma North-Best
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Oregon Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Governor - Oregon
The Office of the Governor has received your August 25, 2021 (received in our office 9/8/21), public records request (attached), which requests “Emails, memos, letters, documents and other records discussing or mentioning implemented or proposed mask mandate policies, as well as discussions regarding their expiration or termination between January 1, 2020 and the present.”
It is our office policy that all public records requests are submitted using the online public records request form<http://www.oregon.gov/gov/media/Pages/Make-a-Public-Records-Request.aspx>. Every request made through the form is listed on our website in a Public Records Log, available here: http://www.oregon.gov/gov/media/Pages/Public-Records-Log.aspx. The Governor’s Office receives many public records requests and therefore uses this online system to track them.
For this request, we will enter your information into the form, but to make public records requests of our Office in the future, please use the form.
We will begin gathering records responsive to your request, to the extent records exist, and will be in touch. Our Office is experiencing an unusually high volume of public records requests, so please don’t hesitate to reach out for updates on the status of your request. Thank you.
Shevaun Gutridge (she/her)
Executive Assistant to:
Dustin Buehler, General Counsel
Sarah Weston, Deputy General Counsel
Kevin Gleim, Public Records & Special Projects Attorney
Office of Governor Kate Brown
900 Court Street NE, Suite 354
Salem, Oregon 97301
Phone: 503-378-6246
Mailing Address:
900 Court Street NE #254
Salem, OR 97301
From: Office of the Governor - Oregon
Emma,
Your request, as written below, is extremely broad and would result in thousands of potentially responsive records. If you are amenable to it, we can discuss narrowing the timeframe and/or using keywords in the search. Otherwise, I can prepare a cost estimate for you that will likely be thousands of dollars.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed. I’ll wait until I hear back from you.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Gleim | Public Records and Special Projects Attorney
Office of Governor Kate Brown
(503) 378-6246
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Oregon Public Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Office of the Governor - Oregon
Emma,
Based on your email, it appears that you are ignoring the email that I sent below (and that you are directly replying to). To assist, I’ve duplicated it again here:
Your request, as written below, is extremely broad and would result in thousands of potentially responsive records. If you are amenable to it, we can discuss narrowing the timeframe and/or using keywords in the search. Otherwise, I can prepare a cost estimate for you that will likely be thousands of dollars.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed. I’ll wait until I hear back from you.
Thank you,
Kevin
Kevin Gleim | Public Records and Special Projects Attorney
Office of Governor Kate Brown
(503) 378-6246
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