Communications concerning Enhanced Library Card
| Tracking # |
W171168-020525 |
| Submitted | Feb. 5, 2025 |
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Communications
From: Cory Dawson
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all communications concerning the El Paso Public Library's Enhanced Library Card program between employees of the City of El Paso and federal agencies, including but not limited to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. This request should not be understood to be seeking personally identifiable information of ID holders. The date range for this request is from Oct. 1, 2024, to the present.
Please include any relevant emails, memos, reports, or other forms of communication that pertain to this matter.
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,
Cory Dawson
From:
Dear Cory Dawson:
Thank you for your interest in public records of the City of El Paso. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with Chapter 552 of Texas Government Code, the Public Information Act. Your request was given the reference number W171168-020525 for tracking purposes.
Records Requested: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all communications concerning the El Paso Public Library's Enhanced Library Card program between employees of the City of El Paso and federal agencies, including but not limited to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. This request should not be understood to be seeking personally identifiable information of ID holders. The date range for this request is from Oct. 1, 2024, to the present.
Please include any relevant emails, memos, reports, or other forms of communication that pertain to this matter.
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,
Cory Dawson
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From: El Paso City Attorney
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02/07/2025
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL (requests@muckrock.com)Cory Dawson
MuckRock News, DEPT MR180992
263 Huntington Ave
Boston MA 02115
Re: Open Records Request # W171168-020525Dear Cory Dawson:
Your request, received 02/05/2025, has been forwarded to me and is being treated as a request for records under the Texas Public Information Act (Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §552.001 et seq.). A letter regarding your request is now available. Please click on the link below to view the City's response.
The City of El Paso Public Information Center
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Leyva
Public Records Supervisor
City of El Paso
Office of the City Attorney
(915) 212 - 0033
From: Cory Dawson
Dear Jacqueline Leyva,
Thank you for seeking clarification of this request. The goal of this request is to ascertain if and how authorities have accessed information from the City of El Paso's database of Enhanced Library Card holders in recent months.
To that end, it's not necessary to search all city employees emails. Rather to fulfill the request conducting a search only of the employees emails who have access to the database and their superiors should suffice, which would likely include a small number of library employees and perhaps a small number of city IT employees, as well as city leadership to include the city attorney Karla Nieman, library director Norma Martinez, and mayor Renard U. Johnson who may have been alerted to or approved/denied such access. I'm unable to name all employees who may access to the database of Enhanced Library Card holders as I do not have an exhaustive city employee directory but I hope this clarification helps identify where responsive records may be.
Please let me know if further clarification is needed. Thank you again for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Cory Dawson
From: El Paso City Attorney
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Good afternoon,
I am in receipt of your email from 2/11/2025. I reached out to the Library and IT department to find out who were those employees that work with the database of the Enhanced Library card. They both have gotten back to me and as per Library, there was only one person, Conrad Orozco and as per the IT Director, she stated no one in her IT Department has access to that database.
Please advise if you still would like to include all Library and IT employees. Additionally, IT will be searching those that you named specifically to include, the city attorney Karla Nieman, library director Norma Martinez, and mayor Renard U. Johnson. Please follow the link to the Leadership Organization Chart to see if there are others email boxes you would like to be searched: PowerPoint Presentation
Once all this is clarified, your request will be processed.
Sincerely,
Jackie
From: Cory Dawson
Thank you for your continued work on this. In that case searches only of the city attorney Karla Nieman, library director Norma Martinez, and mayor Renard U. Johnson along with Conrad Orozco will suffice for this request, no need to expand to all Library and IT employees. Thank you again and please don't hesitate to reach out should you have further questions or clarifications.
Best,
Cory Dawson
From: El Paso City Attorney
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Thank you for the clarification. Your request is being processed.
Jackie
From: El Paso City Attorney
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03/03/2025
VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL (requests@muckrock.com)Cory Dawson
MuckRock News, DEPT MR180992
263 Huntington Ave
Boston MA 02115
Re: Open Record Request # W171168-020525
Dear Cory Dawson:
Your request, received 02/05/2025, has been forwarded to me and is being treated as a request for records under the Texas Public Information Act (Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §552.001 et seq.). You requested the following information:
"...To Whom It May Concern:Please click on the link below to view the City's response to your information request. The were no other responsive records but the few emails being provided to you.
Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Any and all communications concerning the El Paso Public Library's Enhanced Library Card program between employees of the City of El Paso and federal agencies, including but not limited to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol. This request should not be understood to be seeking personally identifiable information of ID holders. The date range for this request is from Oct. 1, 2024, to the present.
Please include any relevant emails, memos, reports, or other forms of communication that pertain to this matter.
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,
Cory Dawson
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The documents are available in an electronic format; therefore, there will be no charge for this response and your request is now considered closed.
The City of El Paso Public Information Center
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Leyva
Public Records Supervisor
City of El Paso
Office of the City Attorney
(915) 212-1128
