Top-paid employee contracts (State Controller)

Dear Shawn Musgrave:
On April 29, 2014 you sent an email to the State Controller at the RI
Department of Administration, in which you requested “Contracts for the
ten (10) employees with the highest salaries”
Your request was submitted pursuant to the Access to Public Records Act
contained in RIGL section 38-2-1 et seq. (“Act”), and I have been asked
to respond on behalf of the RI Department of Administration
(“Department”).
In response to a request for records, an agency such as the Department
is required to make available for public disclosure those records that
are responsive to a request, are in the possession of the agency and are
not otherwise exempted from disclosure by the Act. Moreover, the Act
states in section 38-2-3 (h) as follows: Nothing in this section shall
be construed as requiring a public body to reorganize, consolidate, or
compile data not maintained by the public body in the form requested at
the time the request to inspect the public records was made except to
the extent that such records are in an electronic format and the public
body would not be unduly burdened in providing such data.
Your request is unclear. As such, it has been interpreted to refer to
“employment contracts”. As you may not be aware, most state
employees have not entered into such contracts. In response to your
request, as we have interpreted it, I have been informed that
Department does not maintain in any format a record which contains
“Contracts for the ten (10) employees with the highest salaries”.
While we do not possess or maintain the record that you seek, you may
wish review the information contained in the State Transparency Portal.
The Portal may be accessed at www.transparency.ri.gov/
Yours truly, Peter Dennehy

Peter N. Dennehy
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Division of Legal Services
Department of Administration
TEL: 222-3417
FAX: 222-8244

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>>> Shawn Musgrave <requests@muckrock.com> 4/29/2014
3:04 PM >>>

April 29, 2014
State Controller
State Controller
Department of Administration
One Capitol Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracts for the ten (10) employees with the highest salaries

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

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 11495
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News)
requests might be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.

Mr. Musgrave, in response to your inquiry the State Controller's
Office does not have any employees under contract. Peter Dennehy

Peter N. Dennehy
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Division of Legal Services
Department of Administration
TEL: 222-3417
FAX: 222-8244

This e-mail and any attachments contain confidential and/or legally
privileged
information from the office of the State of Rhode Island, Department of

Administration, Division of Legal Services. It is intended only for
the use of
the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are
hereby
notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the
contents of
this e-mailed information is strictly prohibited and unauthorized. If
you
receive this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by
e-mail
or telephone and permanently delete all copies of this e-mail and any

attachments.
>>> Shawn Musgrave <requests@muckrock.com> 5/7/2014 4:58
PM >>>

May 7, 2014
State Controller
State Controller
Department of Administration
One Capitol Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

This is a follow up to a previous request:

Mr. Dennehy -

Thank you for your response. I am unclear whether any employees of the
State Controller are under contract -- your response only referred to
"most state employees."

If any employees of the State Controller are under contract, please
send the contracts for the ten employees with the highest salaries, per
my original request below.

Thank you,
Shawn

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On May 7, 2014:

Dear Shawn Musgrave:
On April 29, 2014 you sent an email to the State Controller at the RI
Department of Administration, in which you requested “Contracts for
the
ten (10) employees with the highest salaries”
Your request was submitted pursuant to the Access to Public Records
Act
contained in RIGL section 38-2-1 et seq. (“Act”), and I have been
asked
to respond on behalf of the RI Department of Administration
(“Department”).
In response to a request for records, an agency such as the Department
is required to make available for public disclosure those records that
are responsive to a request, are in the possession of the agency and
are
not otherwise exempted from disclosure by the Act. Moreover, the Act
states in section 38-2-3 (h) as follows: Nothing in this section
shall
be construed as requiring a public body to reorganize, consolidate, or
compile data not maintained by the public body in the form requested
at
the time the request to inspect the public records was made except to
the extent that such records are in an electronic format and the
public
body would not be unduly burdened in providing such data.
Your request is unclear. As such, it has been interpreted to refer to
“employment contracts”. As you may not be aware, most state
employees have not entered into such contracts. In response to your
request, as we have interpreted it, I have been informed that
Department does not maintain in any format a record which contains
“Contracts for the ten (10) employees with the highest salaries”.
While we do not possess or maintain the record that you seek, you may
wish review the information contained in the State Transparency Portal.

The Portal may be accessed at www.transparency.ri.gov/
Yours truly, Peter Dennehy

Peter N. Dennehy
Deputy Chief Legal Counsel
Division of Legal Services
Department of Administration
TEL: 222-3417
FAX: 222-8244

This e-mail and any attachments contain confidential and/or legally
privileged
information from the office of the State of Rhode Island, Department
of

Administration, Division of Legal Services. It is intended only for
the use of
the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you
are
hereby
notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the
contents of
this e-mailed information is strictly prohibited and unauthorized. If
you
receive this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by
e-mail
or telephone and permanently delete all copies of this e-mail and any

attachments.
>>> Shawn Musgrave <requests@muckrock.com> 4/29/2014
3:04 PM >>>

April 29, 2014
State Controller
State Controller
Department of Administration
One Capitol Hill
Providence, Rhode Island 02908

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracts for the ten (10) employees with the highest salaries

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

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 11495
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News)
requests might be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.

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On April 29, 2014:

To Whom It May Concern:

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

Contracts for the ten (10) employees with the highest salaries

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

Filed via MuckRock.com
E-mail (Preferred): requests@muckrock.com

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 11495
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819

PLEASE NOTE the new address as well as the fact that improperly
addressed (i.e., with the requester's name rather than MuckRock News)
requests might be returned by the USPS as undeliverable.