Archivists Suspended in Records-Leak Case Won’t Return to U. of Oregon

Two archivists at the University of Oregon who had been placed on leave after a cache of confidential records was released to a professor will not be returning to their jobs, The Oregonian reports.

University officials had described the release of the records as unlawful. A lawyer for William T. Harbaugh, an economics professor who had received the documents, returned the records to the university in late January. Mr. Harbaugh runs the blog UOMatters and has been a vocal advocate for transparency by Oregon’s administration.

An investigation into the incident found that the records had been released before customary processing had been carried out and that they included information protected under federal and state privacy laws.