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Dear Wesley Lowery:

We received your public information request for Texas A&M University.  Your request was given the reference number H001971-072723 for tracking purposes.  Please refer to this number when making inquiries about your request.

You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed.

Thank you for your interest in Texas A&M University.

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08/10/2023
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, Reference # H001971-072723
Dear Wesley Lowery,
Texas A&M University received a public information request from you.  Your request mentioned:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any text message or email communication (sent or received) between Chancellor John Sharp, Vice Chancellor for Government Relations Jenny Jones, vice president for academic and strategic collaborations Susan Ballabina, vice chancellor of marketing and communications Laylan Copelin, or Vice President and Chief Compliance officer Kevin McGinnis and any of the following officials or others working on their behalf (including spokespeople, aides, go-betweens):

Governor Greg Abbot
Lt. Gov Dan Patrick
Patrick's Chief of Staff Darrell Davila
Patrick's Deputy Chief of Staff Marian Wallace
Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham
University of Texas System board chair Kevin Eltife
Michael Quinn Sullivan, publisher of Texas Scorecard (or any employee or other representative of that organization, and its parent organizatoin "Empower Texans")
Matt Poling, president of The Rudder Association (or any employee, representative or member of that group)

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Wesley Lowery
We are in need of clarification regarding the information requested. So that we may better serve you, please specify a date range for the records you are seeking. As provided by section 552.222(d) of the Texas Public Information Act, your request will be considered withdrawn if we do not receive a response from you by the 61st day after the date of this request for clarification/narrowing. Sincerely, Tricia Bledsoe Open Records Office

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08/25/2023
RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of July 27, 2023, Reference # H001971-072723
Dear Wesley Lowery,
Texas A&M University received a public information request from you on July 27, 2023.  Your request mentioned:
"To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

Any text message or email communication (sent or received) between Chancellor John Sharp, Vice Chancellor for Government Relations Jenny Jones, vice president for academic and strategic collaborations Susan Ballabina, vice chancellor of marketing and communications Laylan Copelin, or Vice President and Chief Compliance officer Kevin McGinnis and any of the following officials or others working on their behalf (including spokespeople, aides, go-betweens):

Governor Greg Abbot
Lt. Gov Dan Patrick
Patrick's Chief of Staff Darrell Davila
Patrick's Deputy Chief of Staff Marian Wallace
Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham
University of Texas System board chair Kevin Eltife
Michael Quinn Sullivan, publisher of Texas Scorecard (or any employee or other representative of that organization, and its parent organizatoin "Empower Texans")
Matt Poling, president of The Rudder Association (or any employee, representative or member of that group)

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, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Wesley Lowery

Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/ The information found responsive to your request is available and can be obtained by visiting the and logging in from the “My Request Center” tab. Per your affirmative response to the "Redaction Statement" giving us permission to redact information subject to mandatory exceptions, we have redacted and withheld information excepted under the following sections of the Texas Government Code: 552.024 (Electing to Disclose Address and Telephone Number), 552.101 (Confidential Information/Common-Law Privacy), and 552.137 (Confidentiality of Certain Email Addresses). Public Records Online Portal
Additionally, some of the responsive emails found (over 450) consisted of newsletters sent by the Texas Scorecard to university officials. Please let us know if you are interested in receiving a copy of these correspondences. Lastly, your request will need to be directed to the System Offices of the Texas A&M University System for records maintained by the following individuals: (Chancellor John Sharp, Jenny Jones, and Laylan Copelin). Open records request to the System Offices can be submitted on the following web page: http://www.tamus.edu/legal/open-records/open-records-request/ or by email to openrecords@tamus.edu. (mailto:openrecords@tamus.edu) Sincerely,
Knesha Brashear Open Records Office