From: Susan Hansen
Sent: Thu Jan 14 16:33:01 2016
To: YELTON-BRAM Tiffany; HAMMOND Joni; DECONCINI Nina
Subject: RE: Public Records at DEQ
Importance: Normal
Tiffany,
Glad it brightened your day. I know working with the public must be very stressful. I am very sincere about it and was happy to share something positive at the transparency hearing on the record for the Attorney General and the committee. Susan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yelton-bram.tiffany@deq.state.or.us
> Sent: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:45:09 +0000
> To: foxglovefarm@inbox.com, joni.hammond@state.or.us,
> deconcini.nina@deq.state.or.us
> Subject: RE: Public Records at DEQ
>
> Hello Susan
> This message brightened my day. Thank you for sharing it.
> Tiffany
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> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Susan Hansen <foxglovefarm@inbox.com>
> Date: 01/14/2016 11:38 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: HAMMOND Joni <joni.hammond@state.or.us>, DECONCINI Nina
> <DECONCINI.Nina@deq.state.or.us>, YELTON-BRAM Tiffany
> <YELTON-Bram.Tiffany@deq.state.or.us>
> Subject: Public Records at DEQ
>
> Dear Joni, NIna, and Tiffany,
>
> Yesterday I testified at a hearing in Salem to our Attorney General and
> her committee which is working on reform for Oregon's public record laws
> to make Oregon more transparent.
>
> While I had many horror stories to tell about my work with public records
> requests, I singled out Oregon DEQ in my testimony as doing an
> outstanding job in responding to public records requests and granting
> waivers in the public good. I wanted you to know that I appreciate the
> transparency of Oregon DEQ and I made certain that the AG and officials
> on that committee know that your agency is meeting the spirit of public
> transparency in an exemplary way.
>
> Thanks again for your work for the public and for the prompt and thorough
> way you honor public information requests. We can only hope that more
> agencies/cities follow your lead. The trust of the public depends on
> transparency!
>
> Sincerely,
> Susan Hansen
> Bear Creek Recovery.