A co-worker called this morning concerned about Commissioner Peter Goldmark meeting with GA at the Department of Agriculture. He was apparently there to discuss a project to wall off executive management similar to Agriculture’s setup.
Executive management already has doors on either side of their division, separating them from “common” staff. Also, many top-level managers have doors to their offices.
If this rumor turns out to be true, it goes against open government, transparency, and the principles Peter Goldmark claimed will guide this agency.
Most alarming is the expense a project like this would have, especially during a budget crisis when executive managers are being asked to reduce costs.
I sent a public disclosure request to get more information. Hopefully it will get further than the last one…
Josh Dressel wrote:
So he never got a response from Aaron when he said he wanted to look into the next steps to address lobbying issues? I find that a little peculiar.
Have a good weekend. I'll see you sometime next week.
Josh
MURPHY, PEGGY (DNR) wrote:
Josh:
I am out of the office on Friday and Monday so will not have any records to give to you this week.
I did find that Heath Packard had no further records related to the blog or lobbying issue.
Thank you,
Peggy
From: Josh Dressel [mailto:joshdressel@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 5:06 PM
To: MURPHY, PEGGY (DNR)
Subject: Re: public records request
I really appreciate all your hard work and wish there was an easier way of obtaining these records without adding to it.
Josh
On Apr 5, 2009 12:08 PM, "Josh Dressel" <joshdressel@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Peggy,
Thanks again for gathering some of the requested material for me so quickly. After reading through the email messages, there's an email from
Pat Gebhardt to Aaron Toso on March 17th but I don't see the response from Aaron to Pat's question. Also, there is a request from Heath
Packard about looking into my blogging more but no further information. Has there been more looking into this?
I think my initial request only pertained to email messages to or from Pat Gebhardt. I need to extend the request to include all email messages between managers and external agencies who contacted the DNR regarding the blog. I also need copies of any records pertaining to Heath Packard's email message on March 16, 2009 about discussing "next steps" to address lobbying activities.
Sincerely,
Josh Dressel
