DOC Roster & Lateral Transfer Data - 23-8-4
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| Tracking # |
2024-FOIA-03643 |
| Submitted | Aug. 4, 2023 |
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From: Sam Stecklow
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the DC Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
This request is brought by Big Local News along with a collaboration of news organizations, including the Invisible Institute, ABC Owned TV Stations, KQED, MuckRock, and other news organizations. Big Local News is a program of Stanford University’s Journalism and Democracy Initiative and helps journalists collect, process and analyze public data.
I am seeking two categories of records: employment roster data, and law enforcement lateral transfer data. Here, employment roster data means any spreadsheets or databases showing the names, salaries, positions, date of hire, demographic information, and any other co-located information regarding current AND former employees of DOC. Lateral transfer data means any spreadsheets or databases showing the names, position, date of hire, and previous employer of all current AND former DOC law enforcement/correctional employees who were hired as lateral transfers.
Please provide current AND former employment roster data for the DOC and current AND former law enforcement lateral transfer data dating back as far as they are maintained in an electronic format.
If your data system contains data elements not listed above, please include them in the response, provided they are releasable under the law. On the other hand, we recognize some of the information we are asking for may not be tracked by your system. If that is the case, we are willing to accept as many of the data elements as your agency maintains. If some records are more readily available, we are happy to receive partial information as soon as possible while the remaining request is processed.
In addition to the data elements listed, we request documentation necessary to understand and interpret the data, including but not limited to record layouts, data dictionaries, code sheets, lookup tables, etc.
Our preference is to receive structured data provided in a machine-readable text file, such as delimited or fixed-width formats. We can also handle a variety of other data formats including SQL databases, Excel workbooks and MS Access. If there are additional formats your agency would prefer to provide, please let us know.
Electronic records such as databases are public under DC FOIA. As the D.C. Court of Appeals has explained:
Electronic records have been subject to D.C. FOIA since the Council extended the statute's coverage through the Freedom of Information Amendment Act of 2000, D.C. Law 13–283, 48 D.C. Reg. 1917 (2001). The Council stated that its intent, “in keeping with the general purpose of FOIA,” was “to provide the public greater access to information, improve the effectiveness of the law, and encourage better government responsiveness to requests for public records.” Committee on Government Operations, D.C. Council, Report on Bill No. 13–829 at 1 (2000). As amended, D.C. FOIA provides that “[i]n responding to a request for records pursuant to this section, a public body shall make reasonable efforts to search for the records in electronic form or format, except when the efforts would significantly interfere with the operation of the public body's automated information system.” D.C. Code Ann. § 2–532(a–2). (Fraternal Order of Police v. District of Columbia, 139 A.3d 853, 866 n.29 (D.C. 2016).)
The salaries of employees and officers of public bodies are public information under D.C. Code § 2-536.
We are seeking this information as a news media organization on a matter of public interest concerning the conduct of government. As such, we ask for a waiver of all fees because the information requested can be considered as primarily benefiting the general public D.C. Code Ann. § 2-532(b). If you do deny the fee waiver request, please do not incur fees above $100.
Thank you
Sam Stecklow
Journalist
Invisible Institute
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 15 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Sam Stecklow
From: D.C. Department of Corrections
Sam Stecklow
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 150303
263 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Dear Mr. Stecklow,
This is the response of the DC Department of Corrections (DOC) to your below FOIA request, Tracking Number 2023-FOIA-08161 on FOIAXpress. Please note that responsive information that has been assembled and maintained is posted at https://dchr.dc.gov/public-employee-salary-information. You may visit the website to obtain the information.
If you consider this response a denial of your FOIA request, you are advised of your right under D.C. Official Code § 2-537 and 1 DCMR 412 to appeal to the Mayor or to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
If you elect to appeal to the Mayor, your appeal must be in writing and contain “Freedom of Information Act Appeal” or “FOIA Appeal” in the subject line of the letter as well as on the outside of the envelope. The appeal must include (1) a copy of the original request, (2) a copy of this letter, (3) a statement of the circumstances, reasons, and or arguments advanced in support of disclosure, and (4) a daytime telephone number, and e-mail and/or U.S. Mail address at which you can be reached. The appeal must be emailed to foia.appeals@dc.gov<mailto:foia.appeals@dc.gov> or mailed to the Mayor’s Office of Legal Counsel (MOLC) at 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 407, Washington, D.C. 20004. Further, a copy of all appeal materials must be forwarded to me.
Failure to follow these administrative steps will result in delay in the processing and commencement of a response to your appeal to the Mayor.
Sincerely,
Oluwasegun Obebe
Records, Information & Privacy Officer
DC Department of Corrections
Office of the General Counsel
3924 Minnesota Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20019
(202) 671-2055 (O)
(202) 538-2389 (C)
(202) 671-1705 (F)
Segun.obebe@dc.gov<mailto:Segun.obebe@dc.gov>
www.doc.dc.gov<http://www.doc.dc.gov/>
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DC Department of Corrections (DOC) Headquarters has moved. Effective June 26, 2023, DOC relocated from 2000 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (Franklin D. Reeves Center) to its new Headquarters at 3924 Minnesota Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20019. Please update your records and mailing address to reflec this change.
From: Sam Stecklow
Hello Oluwasegun
The public salary data website does not contain any information about lateral transfers from other law enforcement agencies. Could that data please be provided through the FOIA request?
Thanks
Sam
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2023. 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: D.C. Department of Corrections
Good Morning,
This is in response to your follow-up. As initially communicated, no responsive information, assembled and maintained, other than what is on the website referenced.
Sincerely,
Oluwasegun Obebe
Records, Information & Privacy Officer
DC Department of Corrections
Office of the General Counsel
3924 Minnesota Ave, NE
Washington, DC 20019
(202) 671-2055 (O)
(202) 538-2389 (C)
(202) 671-1705 (F)
Segun.obebe@dc.gov<mailto:Segun.obebe@dc.gov>
www.doc.dc.gov<http://www.doc.dc.gov/>
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DC Department of Corrections (DOC) Headquarters has moved. Effective June 26, 2023, DOC relocated from 2000 14th St., NW, Washington, DC 20009 (Franklin D. Reeves Center) to its new Headquarters at 3924 Minnesota Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20019. Please update your records and mailing address to reflec this change.
From: D.C. Department of Corrections
Good morning,
Your request has been received by the DLCP FOIA Office and assigned FOIA request No. 2024-FOIA-03643. Please use this number in future correspondence with DLCP regarding your FOIA request. Pursuant to DC Official Code § 2-532(c)(1), a public body has 15 business days to provide a response to your request. Please note that we may extend the time for a response by an additional 10 working days for unusual circumstances, as defined by DC Code 2-532(d).
(d) In unusual circumstances, the time limit prescribed in subsection (c) of this section may be extended by written notice to the person making such request setting forth the reasons for extension and expected date for determination. Such extension shall not exceed 10 days (except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays). For purposes of this subsection, and only to the extent necessary for processing of the particular request, "unusual circumstances" are limited to:
(1) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are demanded in a single request; or
(2) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all practicable speed, with another public body having a substantial interest in the determination of the request or among 2 or more components of a public body having substantial subject-matter interest therein.
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You will be notified if such an extension is applicable in this instance.
Regards,
Jessica Darby | Government Information Specialist, Office of General Counsel,
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
jessica.darby@dc.gov<mailto:jessica.darby@dc.gov> | 1100 4th St SW, DC 20024
main: 202.671.4500 || desk: 202.442.8558
dlcp.dc.gov <https://dlcp.dc.gov/>
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following DC Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 4, 2023. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response. You had assigned it reference number #2024-FOIA-03643.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: D.C. Department of Corrections
Good afternoon,
Please see the final response to your FOIA request. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Jessica Darby | Government Information Specialist, Office of General Counsel,
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
jessica.darby@dc.gov<mailto:jessica.darby@dc.gov> | 1100 4th St SW, DC 20024
main: 202.671.4500 || Cell: 202.880.6569
dlcp.dc.gov <https://dlcp.dc.gov/>
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