2013 payout records (Office of Auditor General)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act ("APRA"), I hereby request the following records:

A spreadsheet, database or other summary of all employees who received payout upon leaving the agency in 2013, as well as what those payouts were.

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,

Shawn Musgrave

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 9, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Hello,

This request has yet to be acknowledged. Please advise.

-Shawn

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 9, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Office of the Auditor General
ATTN: Dennis Hoyle
86 Weybosset Street
2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903-2800

July 31, 2014

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On June 9, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “A spreadsheet, database or other summary of all employees who received payout upon leaving the agency in 2013, as well as what those payouts were.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

Office of the Auditor General
ATTN: Dennis Hoyle
86 Weybosset Street
2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903-2800

July 31, 2014

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On June 9, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “A spreadsheet, database or other summary of all employees who received payout upon leaving the agency in 2013, as well as what those payouts were.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

Office of the Auditor General
ATTN: Dennis Hoyle
86 Weybosset Street
2nd Floor
Providence, RI 02903-2800

July 31, 2014

Dear Mr. Hoyle,

On June 9, 2014, I submitted via email a request for “A spreadsheet, database or other summary of all employees who received payout upon leaving the agency in 2013, as well as what those payouts were.” This request has not been acknowledged in any way. Your office has been contacted via phone and email multiple times. During a phone call to your office today, Michael Rossi, the Office Manager, confirmed that you are the contact person for APRA requests.

We are now sending this communication and the attached request by email, fax and mail to Auditor General Dennis Hoyle. Per the Office of the Auditor General's obligations under the APRA, we respectfully insist that a response be provided immediately.

Sincerely,

Shawn Musgrave

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 9, 2014. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

Mr. Hoyle -

I am emailing once again to note that your office has yet to respond to this request under the APRA for records regarding payouts to OAG employees in 2013. At this point, the OAG is in clear violation of the obligation to respond to requests within 10 business days.

Please advise immediately.

Respectfully,
Shawn

Mr. Hoyle -

Thank you for your response. Answers to your questions below:

1) This is a request for documents/data pertaining to calendar year 2013.

2) This request comprises payments made upon termination for unused vacation time and deferred leave payments, as well as payments for the eligible portion of unused sick leave in the case of retirement.

Please let me know if I can clarify further. Also, please note that this is but one of two APRA requests that have been open with OAG for several weeks.

-Shawn