open records request to the state of texas reg. syrian refugees

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Office of the Governor ID: SPIR-2

Public Information Request

General Counsel Division

P.O. Box 12428

Austin, TX 78711

[email protected]

Sent via: Electronic mail

December 29th, 2015

Re: Open Records Request

Office of the Texas Governor,

Under the Texas Public Information Act, §6252-17a et seq., I am requesting an opportunity

copies of public records that the Office of the Texas Governor has in their possession. I am

requesting the following public records:

1.

The “name” of all of the information that the Texas Governor’s Office is requestin

refugees that are going to enter or have entered the State of Texas under the Whi

plan on the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the United States of America

2.

The name of the organizations, entities and governmental bodies that the Texas G

Office has requested information from in regards to the Syrian refugees that have

are planning on entering the State of Texas through the White House ’s plan on the

of Syrian refugees into the United States of America

3.

Information that the Office of the Texas Governor has collected and maintained re

Syrian refugees that have entered or that are planning on entering the State of Tex

White House’s plan on the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the United States

4.

Letters that your office has sent to the Texas Health and Human Services Commiss

of 2015 regarding the Syrian refugees

5. Letters that the United States Department of Justice and the White House have se

the Texas Governor’s Office regarding and pertaining to the Syrian refugees.

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Information Act, I will expect your response within ten (10) business days. Twenty (20) day

request requires substantial programming or manipulation of data. See Tex. Gov’t Code A

552.221(d) and 231(c). If you expect a significant delay in responding to this request, pleas

with information about when I might expect copies or the ability to inspect the requested

can reach me via email at: [email protected].

If you deny any or all of this request, please provide a written explanation for the denial an

specific statutory exemption(s) you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and

the appeal procedures available to me under the law. If your “governmental body” wants

Texas Attorney General's Opinion regarding any of our request, I ask that you immediatelythen seek a formal decision from the Texas Attorney General not later than ten (10) calend

your receipt of this request, as required by the Texas Public Information Act. See Sec. 552

then ask your governmental body to release to me all of the items in which you have not s

Attorney General's Opinion on. See Sec. 552.301, 302; see also Open Records Decision No

a governmental body concludes that no exceptions apply to the requested information,

release the information as soon as possible).

As you may already know that violation of the open records law can result in a fine of up t

imprisonment of up to six months, or both. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. Sec. 552.353(e). Litig

and reasonable attorney fees may also be assessed against you. See Sec. 552.323.

Please send all of the aforementioned requested information to:

Isaiah Smith Campaign

P.O. Box 163411

Fort Worth, Texas, 76161

It would be preferred if you would send me the requested information by electronic mail t

[email protected].

Respectfully submitted,

Isaiah X. Smith

Isaiah Smith Campaign

P.O Box 163411










Gov RNoR

GREG

ABBOTT

January

26 ,

2016

Justin

Gordon

Open

Records

Division

Office

of the

Attorney

General

P.O.

Box

1254

Austin, Texas 78711-2548

RE : OPEN

RECORDS LETTER RULNG REQUEST

OOG ID :

15-525

ORD ID : 602620

Dear

Mr.

Gordon:

On

December

30 ,

2015,

the

Office

of

the Governor “OOG” received

a

public

information

request

under the

Texas Public

Information Act

(“PTA”),

Chapter 552, Government

Code, from

Mr.

Isaiah

mith

A

copy

of

the

request

is

attached

as

Exhibit

A.’

The

OOG is

releasing most responsive information

to Mr .

Smith,

including the

unmarked

information within Exhibit

B.

The

OOG

asserts the remaining

responsive information is

excepted

from required

public disclosure under the PTA. Pursuant to

section 552.30 1(a)

of the

Government Code, this brief is submitted

to seek a

decision

as

to

whether sections

552.107

and

552.111

of the Government

Code apply

to

the information

at

issue.

The

OOG has

also notified

the

Texas

Department of

Public

Safety “DPS” , the

U.S. Department

of Homeland

Security, and

the

U.S.

Department

of State of the

request

pursuant

to

section

552.305

of

the

Government

Code,

to

allow

it to submit arguments against release

of

the

information contained within

Exhibit C.

The OOG

has

copied

Mr.

Smith

as a

recipient

of

this

brief

pursuant

to

sections

552.30

1(d)

and

552.30

1(e-1)

of

the

Government

Code.

Representative

samples

of the information at

issue are

attached as Exhibit

B

and

Exhibit

C.

I.

Information

Excepted

From

Required

Public

Disclosure

Under

Section 552.107:

Privileged

Attorney-Client

Communications

The

OOG

asserts

the

information

marked within Exhibit B

consists

of

privileged attorney-client

communications.

Section 552.107 1

of the

Government

Code excepts from required public

For

purposes

of calculating

deadlines, the

OOG was closed

for holiday

on

December

3

2015,

January 2016,

and January

18,

2016, and observed

a

skeleton crew day on

January 19,

2016.

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III. Conclusion

On behalf

of

the OOG and pursuant to

section 552.30

of the Government

Code,

respectfully

request

n open

records

letter

ruling as

to the applicability

of the

above

raised

exceptions.

If you

have

any

questions

or need additional information, please

contact

me

at

512 463-8470 or

pub1icrecordsgov.texas.gov.

Sincerely,

Assistant General Counsel

Office

of

Governor

Greg

Abbott

cc: Isaiah

Smith

without Isaiah Smith

Campaign

Exhibits

iscarnpaignusa.

corn

Molly

Cost

Texas

Department

of

Public Safety

ogc.webrnasterdps.texas.gov

Tony

Tucker

U.S.

Department of

Homeland Security

Tony.

tuckerhq. dhs.

gov

Office of

Information

Programs

and

Services

U.S.

Department of

t te

folastatusstate.gov

Attachments: Exhibit A

Copy

of

original

request

Exhibit

B

Copy

of

information

at issue

Exhibit

C

Copy

of

information that

may

implicate

Texas

Department

of

Public

Safety,

U.S. Department

of Homeland Security,

and

U.S. Department

of

State

Department

interests

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