The Complainant alleged that the City violated the APRA when it responded to her requests for arrest reports with reports that did not include the report creation date, modification date, and who approved the report. The undisputed evidence indicated that the Complaint received the reports she...
The Complainant alleged that the School Department violated the APRA in connection with his thirteen (13) APRA requests by failing to give specific reasons for denying him access to certain records and by failing to indicate the procedures for appealing the denial. Based on our review of the...
The Complainant alleged that the Town's Economic Development Committee Data Subcommittee ("Subcommittee") violated the OMA when it failed to post notice or an agenda for a meeting. The Town maintained that the Subcommittee is not a "public body" subject to the provisions of the OMA and advised...
The Complainant alleged that the City violated the APRA when it improperly denied two APRA requests seeking approved permits and email communications related to the "Small Cell Siting Act." The City responded to both requests indicating that it did not maintain responsive documents. The...
The Complainant alleged the Town Council violated the OMA when the agendas for its April 11, 2019 and May 16, 2019 meetings failed to inform the public that the Town Council would vote to remove members of the Scituate Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. Based on the parties' submissions and...
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it responded to her request by asking her to send her request to the Town solicitor. The undisputed evidence indicated that the Town forwarded the Complainant's request to the Town solicitor before the instant Complaint was filed and the...
Complainant alleged EOHHS violated the APRA when it withheld documents responsive to its APRA request pursuant to three APRA exemptions: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 38-2-(4)(A)(I)(a), 38-2-42(4)(E), and 38-2-2(4)(K). This Office set forth the relevant law and engaged in a lengthy in camera review of over 1,...
Complainants allege that the Fire District violated the OMA when it failed to timely post minutes of its August 18, 2019 meeting on the Secretary of State's website. The Fire District conceded that its August 18, 2019 meeting minutes were not timely posted on the Secretary of State's website, and...
The Complainant alleged the Town violated the APRA when it failed to provide documents responsive to her request related to an ordinance. Based on the undisputed evidence, the full text of the amended ordinance was not available at the time Complainant submitted her APRA request. Additionally, in...
The Complainant alleged that the City assessed an unreasonable prepayment estimate to produce records. The undisputed evidence indicated that the request encompassed over two hundred potentially responsive emails, some of which contained private addresses and personal email addresses. We...
