Pennsylvania Executive Order on "Scandalous or Disagraceful Conduct" (Department of Environmental Protection)
| Tracking # |
2025-0113 |
| Multi Request | Pennsylvania Executive Order on "Scandalous or Disagraceful Conduct" |
| Submitted | Jan. 22, 2025 |
| Est. Completion | March 3, 2025 |
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From: Adam Steinbaugh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
For purposes of this request, "SCANDALOUS OR DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT POLICY" means any of: (a) Executive Order No. 1980-18 Amended, dated May 6, 2024, 54 Pa.B. 3018; (b) 4 Pa. Code § 7.158.1 ("Personal conduct," providing that "No employee, appointee or official of the Executive Branch of the Commonwealth may engage in scandalous or disgraceful conduct, or any other behavior, on or off duty, which may bring the service of the Commonwealth into disrepute") or (c) any policy, guidance, regulation, or other prohibition against "scandalous or disgraceful conduct, or any other behavior, on or off duty, which may bring the service of the Commonwealth into disrepute."
1. Any records reflecting a complaint, charge, or disciplinary action concerning any violation (or alleged violation) of a SCANDALOUS OR DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT POLICY.
2. Any records reflecting any warning issued to any employee concerning the SCANDALOUS OR DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT POLICY.
3. Any policy, guidance, regulation, or handbook concerning the SCANDALOUS OR DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT POLICY.
This request is limited to records generated on or after May 5, 2024.
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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Adam Steinbaugh
From: Department of Environmental Protection
The Department of Environmental Protection's Right-to-Know Law (RTKL) Office has received your correspondence. Requests for records will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the RTKL, 65 P.S.§§67.101, et seq.
Requests received by this account after regular business hours(4:30 pm) or when the Office is otherwise closed pursuant to Management Directive 530.17 will be marked as received on the next business day.
Thank you for your Right-to-Know Law submission that will be forwarded to the Agency Open Records Officer (AORO) for processing.
If you wish to modify a pending Right-to-Know Law request, do not complete another online form. A second online submittal will not modify your original request. Instead, please send an e-mail to ep-dep-rtk@pa.gov and we will assist you with modifying your original request.
Please note that your request is deemed received on the Department’s next business day if:
• Your request was submitted after 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday,
• Your request was submitted during a weekend,
• Your request was submitted on a holiday observance recognized by the Commonwealth, or
• Your request was submitted any time Executive Offices are closed as a result of weather or any other emergency.
The Department will contact you no later than five business days from the receipt of your request as to its status. If you have any further questions on this process, please visit the Department’s webpage at:
https://www.dep.pa.gov/About/PublicRecords/Pages/RightToKnow.aspx
Thank you.
From: Department of Environmental Protection
Please find attached this Department's interim response to your Right-to-Know request.
Regards,
Agency Open Records Office
Department of Environmental Protection | Bureau of Office Services
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market St | Hbg PA 17101
Phone: 717.787.7397 | Fax: 717.705.8023
www.dep.pa.gov<http://www.dep.pa.gov/>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 23, 2025. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 3, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2025-0113.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Jan. 23, 2025. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on March 3, 2025. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date. You had assigned it reference number #2025-0113.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Environmental Protection
Good morning,
The response for this Right-to-Know request was sent to you on March 3, 2025, from Wha Lee Strohecker of the Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The response covered a multitude of Pennsylvania agencies that were identified in the second paragraph.
Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.
Regards,
Agency Open Records Office
Department of Environmental Protection | Bureau of Office Services
Rachel Carson State Office Building
400 Market St | Hbg PA 17101
Phone: 717.787.7397 | Fax: 717.705.8023
www.dep.pa.gov<http://www.dep.pa.gov/>