Some of the information maintained by The University of Texas System may contain information that is not public, such as the following:
- student information/records;
- medical information/records;
- drivers license and motor vehicle information;
- attorney-client communications;
- attorney work product;
- documents made confidential by statute;
- documents claimed to be proprietary by a third party (trade secret information).
If you want to review or get copies of the non-public information listed above, it will be necessary for The University of Texas System to request an Attorney General’s opinion about this information. This non-public information will not be available for review until after the Attorney General makes a decision about whether the information is public or not public. The Attorney General’s office has about 12 weeks to make a decision on whether the information is public or not public.
If a request for information encompasses both public and non-public documents, you may decide to review or get copies of the available information while waiting for a ruling on the remainder of the request. If public information and non-public information are both included in a single document, the document will be provided to you; however, the information believed to be non-public or exempt will be redacted (marked out) while the request for an Attorney General opinion is pending.
If you are not seeking access to non-public or exempt information, you may simply state in your request that you do not want any information that is not considered public information by the Office of the Attorney General. If you indicate that you are only seeking information that the Office of the Attorney General considers public information, then it will not be necessary for The University of Texas System to make a request for an opinion.
Send questions or comments to nchatterjee@utsystem.edu
