FOIA Request to Dickinson School of Law – Pennsylvania State University regarding Public University FY 2024 Employee Salaries on December 5, 2025.
A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was submitted to the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University on December 5, 2025. The request, made under the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law, seeks detailed records concerning employee compensation for all individuals employed by the university during Fiscal Year 2024.
The request specifically asks for data fields including fiscal year, employee name, gender, age or year of birth (if not exempt), date of birth (if not exempt or limited to month/year), employer name, title or position, department, hire date, compensation amount (base pay and any additional pay), compensation type (e.g., salary, hourly, stipend, bonus), and employment type (full-time or part-time). The requester has asked for these records in electronic format and has expressed an understanding that not all fields may be present in every record. In cases where portions of a record are deemed exempt from disclosure, the requester has asked for non-exempt portions to be released in redacted form.
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