Over the last two years, I’ve written more than a few stories drawing from public records requests. But sometimes, an institution’s response to those requests—or labored, muddled, confusing non-response—becomes a story of its own. Case in point: The Ohio State University. In August of last year, I received a tip that the university had abruptly […]
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In February 2021, Ohio State University President Kristina Johnson announced a new initiative called RAISE (for race, inclusion, and social equity) to hire 150 new faculty. At least 50 of the RAISE faculty were to be scientists, artists, and scholars whose work addresses social equity and racial disparities, and 100 were to be “underrepresented and […]
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Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Liberty Unyielding on March 28, 2022, and is republished here with permission. Under the Freedom of Information Act, federal agencies are supposed to respond to records requests within 20 working days, and hand over the records “promptly” thereafter, if they aren’t exempt from disclosure. But rather than doing that, they frequently violate […]
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