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From: Emma North-Best

09/23/2019

Subject: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Wyoming Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:

Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the federal government between January 1, 2001 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 7 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

From: Muckrock Staff

10/02/2019

Subject: RE: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wyoming Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 23, 2019. 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: Department of Corrections

10/02/2019

Subject: Fwd: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)

Hello Ms. Best,

Mark Horan gave me your initial request from 9-23-19, which I
then followed-up on internally.

We've been unable to identify any documents which fit your request. The
State of Wyoming financial document retention schedule is seven years,
however, regardless of that we have not been able to think of any such
documents or circumstances which may meet this request.

Beyond asking our senior administrators if they can remember an event which
would qualify as you define it, we do not have a way to search otherwise.
We did have an audit in 2018, I'm told, by the US Dept. of Education staff
of an education grant. While we would not have paid for it, it may have
required some staff to supply files, etc. I'm not sure if that qualifies.

Hopefully this has answered your inquiry. If not, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Steve Lindly
Deputy Director

2018 we had an audit from the US Dept of Education Grant folks

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Mark Horan <mark.horan@wyo.gov>
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 8:50 AM
Subject: Fwd: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to
visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)
To: Steve Lindly <steve.lindly@wyo.gov>
Cc: Shelley Allen <shelley.allen@wyo.gov>

Follow up email on a records request from 9/23.

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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 3:02 AM
Subject: RE: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to
visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)
To: <mark.horan@wyo.gov>

Department of Corrections
Wyoming Public Records Act Office
Suite 100
1934 Wyott Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82007

October 2, 2019

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Wyoming Public Records Act request,
copied below, and originally submitted on Sept. 23, 2019. 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.

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On Sept. 23, 2019:
Subject: Wyoming Public Records Act Request: Expenditures relating to
visits from federal officials (Department of Corrections)

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Wyoming Public Records Act, I hereby request the following
records:

Records describing, authorizing or mentioning expenses or personnel
assignments in response to or accommodation of visits from officials in the
federal government between January 1, 2001 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 7 business
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Emma Best

For mailed responses, please address (see note):
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 80762
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144-2516

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Mark Horan
Public Information Officer
Wyoming Department of Corrections
1934 Wyott Dr. Ste 100
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
(307) 777-5889
mark.horan@wyo.gov

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