Wallace Hall

UT System responds to transparency committee directives

2014-02-04T15:23:45-06:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published Feb. 3, 2014 As the legislative committee investigating University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall of Dallas considers whether to impeach him, the UT system met a Feb. 1 deadline to address certain directives set by the committee. The co-chairs of the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations sent UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa a letter in mid-December detailing information they wanted the system to provide by the end of the following month. That information included a list of requests for information from UT System institutions made on behalf of regents, an update on pending [...]

UT System responds to transparency committee directives2014-02-04T15:23:45-06:00

Fight over UT’s Powers buried university in records requests

2014-01-14T23:32:52-06:00

By David Barer The Dallas Morning News Originally published Jan. 5, 2014 AUSTIN — A University of Texas System regent’s requests for hundreds of thousands of documents from UT-Austin sparked accusations of a witch hunt against the school’s president. But the avalanche of demands on UT had only begun. Wallace Hall’s requests totaled 800,000 records, and university officials have said they felt besieged and had difficulty complying. Documents have to be reviewed so personal information is redacted. But Hall’s request was followed by lawmakers, reporters, lobbyists and others wondering what he’d found, pushing the university to produce about 1 million pages [...]

Fight over UT’s Powers buried university in records requests2014-01-14T23:32:52-06:00

Lawmaker eyes access to UT regents’ computers

2013-11-05T15:46:41-06:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published Nov. 4, 2013 State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer believes that the investigation into whether a University of Texas System regent should be impeached could require a look at UT regents' personal computers, iPads and smartphones. In an Oct. 31 letter to Rusty Hardin, special counsel to the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, Martinez Fischer — a committee member — submitted a request for an upcoming hearing to include a witness who could discuss the prospects for forensic examination of the personal devices of Wallace Hall and his fellow UT regents. Calls [...]

Lawmaker eyes access to UT regents’ computers2013-11-05T15:46:41-06:00

Perry defends regent’s records request

2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

By Jay Root The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 30, 2013 Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday called the ongoing impeachment investigation into University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall “extraordinary political theater,” and said his appointee’s quest for voluminous records from the University of Texas at Austin was justified.  A legislative committee is mulling whether to draw up articles of impeachment against Hall, who has been accused of overstepping the bounds of his authority by making burdensome requests of UT-Austin staff, misrepresenting information about himself on his application to be a regent and mishandling private student information. Hall and his attorneys have strongly [...]

Perry defends regent’s records request2014-01-13T13:32:25-06:00

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigation

2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

By Reeve Hamilton The Texas Tribune Originally published Oct. 22, 2013 After years of simmering tension, a slate of long-awaited hearings that begin Tuesday may advance the ball toward potential resolution of a yearslong feud between the University of Texas System, its flagship institution and the Legislature. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations will, for the first time, hear public testimony from witnesses regarding its ongoing investigation of Regent Wallace Hall, which may conclude with articles of impeachment being filed against him. If Hall were to be impeached, he would be the first nonelected [...]

Testimony begins in UT regent impeachment investigation2013-10-22T15:17:13-05:00

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