Jeremy Racca - Signal
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| Tracking # |
C198333-092224 |
| Submitted | Sept. 21, 2024 |
| Est. Completion | Nov. 15, 2024 |
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From: Rose Terse
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
From: Office of the Mayor
Dear Rose Terse,
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Request C198333-092224:
" To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
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From: Office of the Mayor
--- Please respond above this line ---
Dear Rose Terse,
On September 22, 2024, the Mayor's Office of the City of Seattle received your public records request C198333-092224.
Your request: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
I can provide records held by the Mayor's Office only. For records from other City of Seattle departments, please use the public records portal to make a request directly to that department. The requested records or a first installment of records will be provided on November 15, 2024.
Sincerely,
Kyle Ponton-Welty
Office of the Mayor
City of Seattle
From: Office of the Mayor
--- Please respond above this line ---
Dear Rose Terse,
On September 22, 2024, the Mayor's Office received your public records request C198333-092224.
Your request: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
A reasonable search of my department, including inquiring and receiving confirmation that Jeremy Racca does not have responsive records to your request, did not locate responsive records. The Mayor's Office considers your request closed and plans to take no further action to fulfill this request.
If you have any follow-up questions or would like to initiate an administrative appeal under MDAR 17-0002 Section 6, please contact us within 10 business days, after which this request will no longer be monitored for communications. Judicial review of the Mayor's Office's response to C198333-092224 may be sought within one year of this letter, consistent with RCW 42.56.550.
Sincerely,
Kyle Ponton-Welty
Office of the Mayor
City of Seattle
From: Rose Terse
Hello Kyle,
Thank you for your response. Nissen v Pierce County (2015) states the following:
"Where an employee withholds personal records from the employer, he or she must submit an affidavit with facts sufficient to show the information is not a 'public record' under the PRA. So long as the affidavits give the requester and the trial court a sufficient factual basis to determine that withheld material is indeed nonresponsive, the agency has performed an adequate search under the PRA."
Would you please provide me with such the affidavit described above?
Thank you,
Rose
From: Office of the Mayor
--- Please respond above this line ---
Dear Rose Terse,
This email is in response to your public disclosure request C198333-092224 received on September 22, 2024 regarding the following: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
Jeremy Racca does not use the Signal app to conduct City business on his City-issued devices or on his personal devices. As a result, no responsive records exist to your request and no responsive records are being improperly withheld.
Sincerely,
Kyle Ponton-Welty
Office of the Mayor
City of Seattle
From: Rose Terse
Hello Kyle,
My records show that Jeremy had an account on Signal as recently as this year. Would you please ask him to confirm again that he does not use Signal on his City-issued or personal device?
Additionally, I noticed that the verbiage you used was "does not use the Signal app to conduct City business on his City-issued devices or on his personal devices". If he does use the Signal app on his personal device, he would still need to fill out an affidavit to certify that a search for City business-related message was done, regardless of whether he claims to conduct City business on the device or not.
Thank you,
Rose
From: Office of the Mayor
--- Please respond above this line ---
Dear Rose Terse,
This email is in response to your public disclosure request C198333-092224 received on September 22, 2024 regarding the following: To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Washington Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Regarding Mayor's Office employee Jeremy Racca, I am requesting all conversations in the employee’s Signal app pertaining to government business as allowed under Nissen v. Pierce County, 183 Wa.2d 863 (2015), including archived and deleted conversations.
Please provide:
1. The title, avatar, description, and retention period set for the chat.
2. A listing of all members in the chat.
3. All messages, images, and files sent and received in the chat, sufficient to discern sender’s name and avatar, time received, and message content, as well as events including but not limited to entering and leaving chat, changing retention time, 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Rose Terse
Upload documents directly: https://www.muckrock.com/
I have uploaded an affidavit, as you've requested.
Sincerely,
Kyle Ponton-Welty
Office of the Mayor
City of Seattle