Greitens Transition Team Briefings (Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)
| Submitted | Jan. 13, 2017 |
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From: Nathan Lawrence
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law and the Missouri Public Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
A copy of the primary briefing materials prepared in part or whole for purposes of the Gubernatorial Transition Process, specifically any presentations created for or delivered to members of the Gubernatorial Transition Team for the new administration during November/December 2016.
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 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Nathan Lawrence
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 13, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: DESE Custodian of Records
Mr. Lawrence,
On January 13, 2017, we received your request for public records under the Missouri Sunshine Law pursuant to Chapter 610 of the Missouri Revised Statutes.
Your request is for the following public records:
"A copy of the primary briefing materials prepared in part or whole for purposes of the Gubernatorial Transition Process, specifically any presentations created for or delivered to members of the Gubernatorial Transition Team for the new administration during November/December 2016."
It will take us about ten (10) days to determine and deliver any records that we believe are responsive to your request.
The Missouri Sunshine Law does permit our agency to charge a fee to produce public records. We will inform you if there will be a fee. If there is a fee, we respectfully ask that the fee be paid before we deliver the public records to you.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Respectfully,
William R. Thornton
General Counsel / Governmental Affairs
DESE
Phone: 573-751-3527
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From: DESE Custodian of Records
Mr. Lawrence,
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From: Nathan Lawrence
Mr. Thornton,
Thank you for your diligence. Is the FY17 Disabled Monthly Attendance Report (printed 11/14/2016) the only document that was delivered to the governor or his staff in November or December of 2016? I would typically expect some kind of introductory memorandum or summary in addition to this data, and it seems likely the governor might have expected that as well.
Thank you again for your time,
Nathan Lawrence
From: DESE Custodian of Records
Mr. Lawrence,
In double checking, I apologize but there were additional documents that we are including now that are responsive and that were delivered to the governor or his staff in November or December of 2016. There was a misunderstanding in our office that was my fault. I have attached those documents as a pdf.
It is my understanding that the documents, including the FY17 Disabled Monthly Attendance Report, were hand delivered to the Governor's Transition Team. If there were any questions or explanations about the documents, it was done during that delivery.
Please let me know if you have additional questions
Respectfully,
William R. Thornton
General Counsel / Governmental Affairs
DESE
Phone: 573-751-3527
From: Nathan Lawrence
Ah, yes. That's definitely more in line with how I had suspected this might look. Thank you so much for all your help and patience. Have a great weekend!
Sincerely,
Nathan Lawrence
From: Thornton, William
Mr. Lawrence
Sorry about the mess up.
Thank you for your patience.
Please have a wonderful weekend, as well!
Thank you,
William R. Thornton
General Counsel / Governmental Affairs
DESE
Phone: 573-751-3527