University of Texas at Austin

Daily Texan explores wait, costs involved in open records requests at UT-Austin

FOIFT2018-11-01T14:36:57-05:00

By Morgan O'Hanlon The Daily Texan Originally published Oct. 31. 2018 How many times have UT students appealed Title IX sanctions to the President’s Office? That’s the question former Daily Texanreporter Will Clark was trying to answer late last year as he reported the story “Presidential Power,” which explains UT President Gregory Fenves’ unique power as the final decision maker in appeals cases regarding student conduct. As part of his reporting, Clark, a radio-television-film junior, asked the University that question via an open records request, but the request was denied on basis that confidential student information could be released in the [...]

Daily Texan explores wait, costs involved in open records requests at UT-AustinFOIFT2018-11-01T14:36:57-05:00

Tom Hicks, Kay Bailey Hutchison among those who helped underqualified students get into UT-Austin, records show

FOIFT2015-07-20T23:16:17-05:00

By Bobby Blanchard and Christy Hoppe The Dallas Morning News Originally published July 20, 2015 AUSTIN – Dozens of highly influential Texans – including lawmakers, millionaire donors and university regents – helped under-qualified students get into the University of Texas at Austin, often by writing to UT officials, records show. Among those who wrote directly to then-President Bill Powers and then-Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, bypassing the admissions office, were famed golfer and UT grad Ben Crenshaw, former UT regent H. Scott Caven Jr., Austin lawyer Roy Minton and Sens. Kevin Eltife and Carlos Uresti, records obtained by The Dallas Morning News show. [...]

Tom Hicks, Kay Bailey Hutchison among those who helped underqualified students get into UT-Austin, records showFOIFT2015-07-20T23:16:17-05:00

UT-Austin attempts to keep secret Garcia Marquez archive cost

FOIFT2014-12-11T16:08:53-06:00

By Jim Vertuno Associated Press Originally published Dec. 10, 2014 The University of Texas on Wednesday refused to release the contract and purchase price for the archive of Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and said it will ask the state attorney general for permission to keep those details secret. The university previously has disclosed the prices of such purchases - which can often push into millions of dollars - and the effort to keep the cost of the Garcia Marquez archive secret is likely to draw attention in literary and legal circles for its impact on future archive [...]

UT-Austin attempts to keep secret Garcia Marquez archive costFOIFT2014-12-11T16:08:53-06:00

Simpson letter warns against settling for ‘tame transparency’

FOIFT2014-06-04T15:05:01-05:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published June 3, 2014 In a five-page letter sent Monday to all Texas House members, state Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, expressed concerns with the legislative committee investigating University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall, warning his colleagues that they shouldn’t settle for what he called “tame transparency.” The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, which launched its investigation of Hall nearly a year ago, recently voted that grounds to impeach the regent exist. Hall has been accused of abusing his office in the course of personally conducting investigations of the University of [...]

Simpson letter warns against settling for ‘tame transparency’FOIFT2014-06-04T15:05:01-05:00

Transparency Committee Proceeding With Probe of Hall

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By Evan Smith Published July 27, 2013 The co-chairs of the Texas House’s Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations have formally asked the University of Texas System to preserve all documents related to Regent Wallace Hall, against whom articles of impeachment are being considered, and to avoid retaliation against employees who may be called to testify. In a letter sent Thursday to Gene Powell, the chairman of the UT Board of Regents, and obtained Saturday by The Texas Tribune, state Reps. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, and Dan Flynn, R-Van, request “that any and all documents relating to Regent Hall, his [...]

Transparency Committee Proceeding With Probe of Hallashleywp2013-09-19T17:03:52-05:00

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