BRA job descriptions and employee qualifications
Apr 18, 2009 17:42
I
wrote the public record request to the BRA recently,
after seeing the BRA salaries on the Herald website:
I see that the Herald has posted all the BRA and EDIC jobs and salaries, as it had posted the City jobs and salaries.
I'd like to get all the job descriptions, and the resumes of the people who hold the jobs.
This is far too much to xerox, it's a waste of paper, and besides, it's information that everyone should have, not only I.
Could you please post this job information on the BRA website? I'm going to ask the City to do the same.
Please upload pdf's as they were generated, not scanned, so they will be searchable.
It's the era of transparency. Let's get everything out there!
This is what the BRA wrote back:
In response to your request, the “search time” for the information will be 48 hours. The “search time” cost will be 48 hours @ a $26.54 per hour equaling $1,273.92; which would be due prior to the release of the information you requested.
In addition, the cost for the job descriptions would be 576 pages @ .50 equaling $288.00. The cost for the resumes would be 576 pages @ .20 equaling $115.20; the combined cost would be $403.00.
So, the BRA wants me to pay $1,700 to see their job descriptions and employee resumes. This is the BRA that has confiscated billions of dollars from the taxpayers of Boston, getting City-owned land, property tax exemption, rent-free living in City Hall, administrative fees for running our programs, bogus "blight" tax exemptions for private developers, and who knows what else.
I see that the Herald has posted all the BRA and EDIC jobs and salaries, as it had posted the City jobs and salaries.
I'd like to get all the job descriptions, and the resumes of the people who hold the jobs.
This is far too much to xerox, it's a waste of paper, and besides, it's information that everyone should have, not only I.
Could you please post this job information on the BRA website? I'm going to ask the City to do the same.
Please upload pdf's as they were generated, not scanned, so they will be searchable.
It's the era of transparency. Let's get everything out there!
This is what the BRA wrote back:
In response to your request, the “search time” for the information will be 48 hours. The “search time” cost will be 48 hours @ a $26.54 per hour equaling $1,273.92; which would be due prior to the release of the information you requested.
In addition, the cost for the job descriptions would be 576 pages @ .50 equaling $288.00. The cost for the resumes would be 576 pages @ .20 equaling $115.20; the combined cost would be $403.00.
So, the BRA wants me to pay $1,700 to see their job descriptions and employee resumes. This is the BRA that has confiscated billions of dollars from the taxpayers of Boston, getting City-owned land, property tax exemption, rent-free living in City Hall, administrative fees for running our programs, bogus "blight" tax exemptions for private developers, and who knows what else.
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