UW System spokesperson David Giroux said the system
denied the open records request for the syllabi because the documents are the protected by state copyright laws because they are the intellectual property of the professors who draft them.
«The case shows that legislators who
deny open records requests and seek refuge behind improbable claims of immunity will be held accountable by the public, the media and the legal system,» said Brendan Fischer, General Counsel for the Center for Media and Democracy.
Not exact matches
At the same time, the governor's
open records office
denied a
request for email
records between Guidepost employees and the Cuomo administration, citing the «publicly - disclosed ongoing law enforcement investigation with which we have offered our cooperation,» according to a letter sent Monday.
The UW System is facing legal action after
denying the National Council on Teacher Quality's
open records requests to review syllabi from courses within UW System schools of education.
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