BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN’-juhm) says the fundraising arm of North Dakota State University violated the state’s open records law.
Stenehjem said in a written opinion issued Monday that the North Dakota State University Development Foundation and Alumni Association violated state law when it refused to release the applications for people seeking to become its next president and CEO.
Stenehjem said The Forum newspaper in Fargo requested an opinion from the state after the foundation refused to release the original applications for the positions. A search firm hired by the foundation had removed any identifying information and was in possession of the original applications.
Stenehjem said the search firm was acting as an agent of a public entity and was therefore subject to the open records law.
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This story has been corrected to show that North Dakota State University, not the North Dakota University System, violated the state’s open records law.
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