Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (Public Act 442 of 1976) requires public bodies — including the Michigan Office of Retirement Services (ORS) and other state agencies — to release information deemed public under this act. As an actively employed public servant, your name and salary amount are considered public record and may be requested by interested parties.
ORS receives FOIA requests regularly and is legally required to respond.
To process a request, ORS determines what must be released under the statute, what (if any) fee the requestor will be charged under the FOIA for the information, and then provides a written response to the requestor.
ORS does not release certain personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, contact information, or medical records. ORS is legally required to provide information that the act tells us we need to release. We do not have the ability to control what requestors do with the data they receive.
To promote transparency, ORS contacts customers by email when their names are included in data that has been released under FOIA.
For more information about Michigan’s FOIA, you can review the act on the Michigan Legislature website.
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