Texas State Employee Compensation Data (2019 - 2022)
| Submitted | May 2, 2022 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Ben Goehring
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
I'd like to request quarterly electronic listings of all Texas state government employees from 2019 to the present. Specifically, I am seeking electronic listings for state employees for January 2019, April 2019, July 2019, October 2019, January 2020, April 2020, July 2020, October 2020, January 2021, April 2021, July 2021, October 2021, and January 2022.
For each quarterly listing, I’m seeking a spreadsheet, database, or delimited text file(s) — not paper records or a PDF created from data — with the following fields for each employee: full name, title, department or agency, race, gender, full-time/part-time status, hire date and gross annual salary. (If you can't produce all these fields, please let me know).
In addition, please include any lookup tables that may be needed to interpret the data. For example, if departments are listed with codes linked to a separate table, I will be happy to join the records myself, rather than require your staff to do so.
I want to stress that I'm not seeking any records that are prohibited from release either by statute or previous rulings by the Texas Attorney General or the courts. Please let me know if you feel any records in the fields I've requested are confidential, and I'll consider amending my request.
Also, please let me know if clarifying the request might speed the release of the data, reduce any programming time and, most important, avoid a referral to the Attorney General.
I am comfortable working with large data sets and can receive the records in a variety of formats (.dbf, .csv, .mdb, etc).
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,
Ben Goehring
From: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Thank you for your request. We will provide the information you requested as quickly as possible. We will contact you within 10 business days about the status of your request.
The Comptroller’s office is excited to offer a new way to submit public information requests. The new web-based system, called FYI, allows requestors to submit requests, monitor the progress of requests, view past requests, and retrieve information -- all from the same site. Get started using FYI<https://fyiopenrecords.com/AdjOpenRecords/login?agency=CPA> by signing up for an account today!
Open Records
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Texas Public Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on May 2, 2022. 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: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Thank you for your request. We will provide the information you requested as quickly as possible. We will contact you within 10 business days about the status of your request.
The Comptroller’s office is excited to offer a new way to submit public information requests. The new web-based system, called FYI, allows requestors to submit requests, monitor the progress of requests, view past requests, and retrieve information -- all from the same site. Get started using FYI<https://fyiopenrecords.com/AdjOpenRecords/login?agency=CPA> by signing up for an account today!
Open Records
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
From: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Good morning,
The Comptroller's office received your request for a status update on your information request assigned ID# 42821 by this office. The quarterly information for state employees has been compiled and is undergoing a quality control review of the programming to ensure its accuracy. We anticipate that it will be available within the week.
We note that you have not replied to our clarification request set out below:
Clarification needed:
5/5/2022
RE: Public information request
Dear Ben Goehring:
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts received your request for information, assigned ID# 42821 by this office. You asked for quarterly electronic listings of all Texas state government employees from 2019 to the present.
Please clarify whether you need the requested information for higher education employees in addition to regular state employees. If so, please understand that we do have limitations in our ability to provide complete higher education data. The higher education database that we have access to cannot identify employees by department. Additionally, we do not have access to the authorized salary for each employee; however, we are able to provide paid data as of a target date. This means that payments reported to us by each institution of higher education as of the target date will be captured in our report but you would need to request information directly from each university to ensure the most accurate and complete information.
Thank you for your request. Please feel free to contact us should you need additional information.
Open Records Section
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
This request was submitted through our FYI system but would have generated an email to the address you used for your original request. We encourage you to set up your FYI account to access our communications and easily retrieve your information when it is ready as the information will comprise very large files.
Carol McCord
Senior Legal Counsel for Open Records
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Phone: 512-936-8485
Fax: 512-499-0966
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Notice: This email is intended for use in the rendition of legal services and is not intended to be disclosed to third parties. The information contained herein may be confidential and/or privileged under law, including the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Texas Rules of Evidence. Accordingly, this communication may not be subject to disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act.
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From: Ben Goehring
Thank you for your reply. I apologize for missing the clarification email from May 5. I will use the FYI system to submit any future requests.
I would not like the information for higher education employees. Please only include the information for regular state employees.
Thank you for your time and assistance.
Ben
From: Muckrock Staff
Hi Carol,
We are unable to access the portal link. The error we are receiving states "contact your system administrator for further assistance".
Thank you for your continued help with this request.
Sincerely,
MuckRock
From: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
It looks like this agency uploaded responsive documents to a portal or link sharing site. Our team is working on moving them over, so please check back soon.
The website for FYI is: https://fyiopenrecords.com/AdjOpenRecords/?agency=CPA
Here are the instructions from our vendor (System Administrator).
1. If an external user cannot login to or sign up for FYI account, please let them know to click on the ? icon. The icon is available to anyone regardless if you are logged in or not, and this will bring you to the help screen with the help submit button.
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1. Click on the Submit button.
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1. You will see the Contact Support screen. Fill out with your name, email address (that matches your FYI account if you have registered), and select a reason from the drop-down.
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1. Add your telephone number and any additional information that you believe can assist the Help Desk tech.
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1. Click OK and the issue ticket will be sent to the ENCHOICE SUPPORT team, Not CPA.
I hope you find this information helpful.
