Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 13:38:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jacob Kogan To: mathstat_faculty@lists.umbc.edu Subject: old budget request news Dear Colleagues, Recently I have been exchanging emails with Dave Gleason concerning travel sections of the Department budget. In particular I mentioned to Dave that on May 14, 2014 the Department requested Dr. Neerchal to provide a financial report of departmental funds expended for the past three years (the Maryland law states: "An agency need not and should not demand written requests for inspection of agency documents when there is no question that the public has a right to inspect them.") The Maryland Law provides the custodian with thirty (30) days to notify the applicant about the decision concerning the requested records. At this point Dr. Neerchal is violating this provision of the law for more than a year. While I myself did not request the three year financial report, a week later Dave responded (see below). He also attached what he calls "your Department's FY15 Budget" (to avoid clogging the cyberspace I put relevant documents at https://www.eduwww.us/~eduwwwus/ms/budget/index.htm for your perusal). I plan to bring to Dave's attention that the Department requested information covering three (rather then just one) years of budget, and will also forward to Dave (again) the May 14, 2014 email that records motions passed by the Department (since the request came from the Department a copy will go to the Department). It might be good if Manil (who authored the May 14, 2014 email) will articulate to Dave what exactly the Department is looking for. Best, Jacob ------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:41:14 -0400 From: David Gleason To: Jacob Kogan Cc: Nagaraj K. Neerchal , William LaCourse Subject: FY15 Budget Parts/Attachments: 1 OK ~28 lines Text (charset: UTF-8) 2.1 Shown ~35 lines Text (charset: UTF-8) 2.2 156 KB Application 2.3 Shown 2 lines Text ---------------------------------------- Dear Dr. Kogan, I followed up on the other half of your inquiry regarding your request for your Departmentâ~@~Ys FY15 Budget. The Budget office provided me with this copy of the budget a few minutes ago, and I am forwarding it on to you. The FY16 is not yet finalized. If you would like a copy of the FY16 budget once it is finalized (sometime in mid-July when it is likely finalized), please send me an email and I will see that you promptly receive a copy. Sincerely, David Gleason David R. Gleason General Counsel Office of the General Counsel University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250 Phone: 410.455.2709 Fax: 410.455.1713 http://www.ogc.umbc.edu [ Part 2.2, Application/PDF 208KB. ] [ Cannot display this part. Press "V" then "S" to save in a file. ]