Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 18:14:29 +0000 Subject: Internal review of OPRA request - Vaccinations From: Rowan Faculty 4 Transparency <[OPRA #25224 email]> To: Rutgers Open Public Records Center <[email address]> Dear Rutgers Open Public Records Center, It is so interesting that Rutgers denies the public access to records about the percentage of vaccinated employees and students. Why would a public University want to hide such information? We will alert the press, the state and will file an appeal. This is a once a lifetime pandemic and such data is vital to the health and safety of the community and hiding such is truly disgraceful. Yours sincerely, Rutgers Faculty 4 Transparency -----Original Message----- --- Please respond above this line --- Reference: Rutgers Open Public Records Request,  # R006794-081021 Dear , Please accept this letter as the University Custodian of Records response to your request for records pursuant to the Open Public Records Act (“OPRA”). On August 10, 2021, this office received your request for the following: “Dear Rutgers University, This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message. Records requested: 1. Percentage of Rutgers employees that are vaccinated. 2. Percentage of Rutgers students that are vaccinated. Please include the most up to date percentages as possible and note the date of the data when replying. Yours faithfully, Rutgers Faculty 4 Transparency ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please use deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request: [OPRA #25224 email] Is [Rutgers University request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Rutgers University? 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If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website. -------------------------------------------------------------------” We have reviewed your request and determined that it is a request for information and not for records. OPRA provides access to existing records that are not otherwise exempt. The Government Records Council has consistently held that a proper OPRA request is a request for a specific identifiable document, and not a request for information or answers to questions. See Gorbe v. Monroe Fire District #3, GRC Complaint 2010-137 (December 21, 2010); James v. New Jersey Dept. of Corrections, GRC Complaint 2009-283 (June 29, 2010). Accordingly, your above-referenced request for information is denied.    If your request has been denied, you may take your appeal to the New Jersey Government Records Council (NJGRC), which has mediation and dispute resolution procedures, or you may file a lawsuit with the New Jersey Superior Court, as provided by N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, et seq. Your rights of appeal is provided with this letter at [1]Public Facing Pages of the Rutgers University Open Public Records Request Center. You may also review the brochure at the [2]Rutgers Custodian of Records page or visit the [3]NJGRC page. If you have any questions, please contact my office at 973.972.1981. Sincerely,     Jewell Battle University Custodian of Records Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey     973.972.1981   To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the [4]Open Public Records Center. 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