Kevin Reed’s PR Office now redacting public records *requests*

Say what you will about Dave Hubin’s management of UO’s Public Records Office, but at least when Dave was in charge they only redacted responses:

Under Kevin Reed, they’re now redacting the requests too.

On Friday I submitted two requests: one for three recent contract proposals, the other for a copy of the resolution of a recent investigation of UO by Betsy DeVos’s Office of Civil Rights. Plenty of public interest there!

The first request, as I emailed it to the PRO:

This is a public records request for the winning proposal and score sheets for the following RFP’s:

Request for Proposal for Lobbying Consulting Services
Solicitation Number: PCS# 500100-00124-RFP

RFQ for Brand Awareness Study
Solicitation Number: PCS# 520200-00134-RFQ

Strategic Planning Consulting Services
Solicitation Number: PCS# 110400-00026-RFQ

I ask for a fee waiver on the basis of public interest. I’m ccing Interim Director Greg Shabram, as he should have these documents readily at hand.

Thanks, Bill Harbaugh

But the PR log posting of this request redacts the requests for the “Brand Awareness” and “Strategic Planning Consulting” winning proposals, and also my request for a fee waiver:

A request for a fee-waiver is a secret?

The second request was for info about the Dept of Ed Office of Civil Rights investigation announced on Around the O a few months back, and now rumoured to have settled by negotiation between UO and OCR. My email:

This is a request for:

1) a copy of any resolution agreements or similar, between OCR and the University of Oregon, from Jan 1 2018 to the present.

2) any correspondence between OCR and the University of Oregon related to OCR investigations, from Jan 1 2018 to the present.

I would appreciate receiving these records as pdfs sent to this email address. I ask for a fee waiver on the basis of public interest.

Thanks, Bill Harbaugh

That request simply doesn’t exist, at least according to the PR log as of  Sept 11. Weird:

09/11/2018	Contracts	Stanchak, Brian	Records Provided
09/10/2018	Contracts	Houston, Henry	Records Provided
09/07/2018	Reports	Jacoby, Kenny	Awaiting Payment from Requester
09/06/2018	RFP	Harbaugh, Bill	Records Exempt From Disclosure
09/05/2018	Personnel Records	Blutstein, Allan	Awaiting Payment from Requester
09/04/2018	Records	Nguyen, Ryan	Requesting/Reviewing Records
09/04/2018	Housing Costs	Nguyen, Ryan	Records Provided
09/04/2018	Records	Nguyen, Ryan	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/31/2018	Directory Information	Doyle, Brandon	Awaiting Payment from Requester
08/31/2018	RFP	Martin, Roger	Records Exempt From Disclosure
08/30/2018	Contracts	Cohen, Kevin	Records Provided
08/30/2018	RFPs, scoresheet	Thornton, Amy	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/30/2018	RFPs, contract	Bejcek, Kent	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/29/2018	Correspondence	Fekadu, Safe	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/29/2018	RFPs, scoresheet	Thornton, Amy	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/29/2018	RFPs, scoresheet	Thornton, Amy	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/29/2018	RFP	Selle, Kendra	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/29/2018	RFP	Thornton, Amy	No Responsive Records
08/29/2018	RFP	Thornton, Amy	Records Provided
08/29/2018	RFP	Thornton, Amy	Records Provided
08/28/2018	Procedures	Steinbaugh, Adam	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/28/2018	Contract	Carey, Erin	Records Provided
08/27/2018	Video	Gimm, Vickie	Awaiting Clarification from Requester
08/24/2018	RFPs, scoresheet	Noonan, Julia	Records Exempt From Disclosure
08/24/2018	RFP	Shea, Michael	Records Provided
08/23/2018	RFPs	Gladden, Kelsey	Requesting/Reviewing Records
08/22/2018	Correspondence	Bauman, Dan	Awaiting Payment from Requester
08/22/2018	Contract	Bonagura, Kyle	Records Provided
08/22/2018	Financial Records	Schmidt, Brad	Records Provided
08/21/2018	Contracts	Greif, Andrew	Records Provided
08/21/2018	MKA Contracts	Carey, Erin	Records Provided
08/21/2018	RFPs, scoresheet	Wilson, Hayley	Records Provided
08/21/2018	RFP	Johnson, Sue	Records Provided
08/21/2018	Video	Tobin, Michael	Records Provided
08/20/2018	Contracts	Freitas, Robert	Records Provided
08/20/2018	Game Contracts	Greif, Andrew	Records Provided
08/20/2018	Subpoenas	Tobin, Michael	Records Provided
08/17/2018	Nike Elite	Schmidt, Brad	Records Provided
08/17/2018	Expense Reports	Beard, Aaron	Records Provided
08/17/2018	Directory Information	Villaflor, Wes	Request Withdrawn