Iowa State Employees (2018 - 2022)
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| Submitted | Dec. 7, 2022 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Ben Goehring
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
Monthly electronic listings of all employees of the Iowa Executive Branch from January 1, 2018 to July 31, 2022. Specifically, I am seeking electronic listings of all individuals employed within all state agencies, commissions, and departments for each month from January 1, 2018 to July 31, 2022.
For each month, 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 legal name, unique employee identification code, date of birth or age, title, department or agency, race, gender, full-time/part-time status, location, hire date, termination date, civil service status (e.g., classified or unclassified), and gross annual salary. If you cannot produce any of these fields, please let me know and generate only the available variables.
If these data are not available at monthly intervals, please produce the datasets at the most frequent interval possible. For example, if the data is not available monthly, please produce the data at quarterly intervals.
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 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: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on Dec. 7, 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: Iowa Department of Administrative Services
Ben,
Please see the Iowa Department of Administrative Services' (DAS) open
records policy -
https://das.iowa.gov/das-core/marketing-communications/open-records-policy
The first three hours of compilation and review for a records request is
free of charge. After that the charge is $45 an hour. DAS estimates it will
take approximately a total of 24 hours to complete the work for a cost of
$945. Any deviation from the estimate will result in an additional charge
or refund.
DAS requires payment in advance to process requests. Please let us know how
you want to proceed.
Thank you,
Tami Wiencek, Legislative Liaison/Public Information Officer/Administrative
Rules Coordinator
Iowa Department of Administrative Services
Office of the General Counsel
Office: 515-725-2017
Mobile: 515-443-1212
tami.wiencek@iowa.gov
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From: Customer Service, DAS <custserv.das@iowa.gov>
Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 6:14 PM
Subject: Fwd: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Iowa State Employees (2018 -
2022)
To: Tami Wiencek <tami.wiencek@iowa.gov>
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From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Wed, Dec 7, 2022, 3:45 PM
Subject: Iowa Open Records Law Request: Iowa State Employees (2018 - 2022)
To: <CustServ.DAS@iowa.gov>
December 7, 2022
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following
records:
Monthly electronic listings of all employees of the Iowa Executive Branch
from January 1, 2018 to July 31, 2022. Specifically, I am seeking
electronic listings of all individuals employed within all state agencies,
commissions, and departments for each month from January 1, 2018 to July
31, 2022.
For each month, 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 legal name, unique employee identification
code, date of birth or age, title, department or agency, race, gender,
full-time/part-time status, location, hire date, termination date, civil
service status (e.g., classified or unclassified), and gross annual salary.
If you cannot produce any of these fields, please let me know and generate
only the available variables.
If these data are not available at monthly intervals, please produce the
datasets at the most frequent interval possible. For example, if the data
is not available monthly, please produce the data at quarterly intervals.
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 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
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