The Complainant alleged EOHHS violated the APRA when it sought a twenty (20) business day extension to respond to Complainant's APRA request. The Complainant did not refute EOHHS's assertion that his initial APRA request was broader than the documents Complainant specifically sought in his...
The Complainant alleged that the RIAC violated the APRA when it withheld a legal opinion drafted by RIAC's outside counsel. We found that the document – an attorney-drafted legal memorandum providing legal advice to the client, RIAC – was permissibly exempted under R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-2(4)(A)(I)(...
Complainant alleged the City violated the APRA when it denied his request for Police and Fire candidate ranking lists pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-2(4)(L). Based on our in camera review of the ranking lists, we determined that the lists did not fall within Exemption L and that the City...
The Complainant alleged the School Committee violated the OMA on February 4, 2020 when it provided school tours to potential custodial vendors that constituted a rolling quorum pertaining to a new custodial contract. The undisputed evidence revealed that the February 4 "meeting" was a mandatory pre-
The Complainant alleged that the Foundation violated the OMA by failing to post notice and agendas on the Secretary of State's website for several meetings. Guided by Rhode Island Supreme Court precedent, we concluded based on the totality of the evidence that the Foundation is not a public body...
The Complainant alleged that the City violated the APRA when it failed to respond to his public records request. The City acknowledged that it failed to do so but explained that the request email was mistakenly deleted as suspected spam. Once the City became aware of the mistake, it responded to...
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it withheld requested executive session minutes and failed to formally respond to two of his public records requests. We found that the Town permissibly withheld the sealed executive session minutes under the APRA's exemption for sealed...
The Complainant alleged that the Association violated the APRA when it failed to respond to his records request. We found that the Association is a private volunteer organization made up of football coaches from both public and private schools. Crucially, there was no evidence that the Association...
In PR 20-07, this Office determined that the City violated the APRA by withholding in its entirety a police report related to an officer-involved shooting death. We directed the City to disclose the report and its attachments to the Complainant, subject to certain permissible redactions discussed...
The Complainant alleged that the Housing Authority failed to provide unofficial meeting minutes and failed to properly post notice of the meeting. The undisputed evidence indicated that the Housing Authority failed to make unofficial meeting minutes available within thirty-five days of a meeting,...
