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ANGELA B. COREY
STATE ATTORNEY
March 4,2016
J oe Daraskevich
Florida Times Union
J [email protected]
Re: Public Records Request
February 23, 2016
Dear Mr. Daraskevich,
The Office of the State Attorney, Fourth J udicial Circuit, in
and for Clay, Duval, and Nassau Counties ( the Office )
received your Public Records Request on F ebruary 23, 2016. In
response to your request, an Acknowledgement
notification was sent to you by electronic mail on F ebruary
24,2016.
You have requested:
[a]ll public record text messages sent by or received by
State Attorney
Angea Corey between 12:01 am Monday, J anuary 25 and 12:01
am
Monday, February 1, including all public records text messages
sent or
received on a personal communication device. (emphasis
added.)
A public record encompasses all materials made or received by an
agency in connection with official business
which is used to perpetuate, communicate, or formal ize
knowledge. [See Shevin v. Byron, Harless, Schaeffer,
Reid and Associated, Inc. 379 So.2d.633 (F la., 1980)] Text
messages are transitory and are not incorporated
within the referenced definition unless the message is sent or
received to memorialize an act or action by the
Office.
The Office and the State Attorney only use transitory text
messages to communicate and not to formalize
knowledge. Text messages are informal and have no administrative
value. A text message is analogous to a
voicemail, sticky-note or telephone message. Thus, because these
informal communications are not a Public
Record, there is no information, reating to your request that is
subject to Article 1 Section 24, of the Florida
Constitution and F lorida Statutes, Section 119.07.
If you have any questions or would l ike to discuss our response
with me, I would welcome the opportunity.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
/
Andrew Kantor
Assistant State Attorney
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