All APRA requests sought two oral reports ("Reports"), which were presented to the School Committee in executive session and concerned the School Committee's review of the handling of accusations of inappropriate conduct. The APRA exempts from public disclosure "[a]ll investigatory records of...
Complainant alleged that the Committee violated the OMA when the agenda for the Committee's January 6, 2016, meeting failed to adequately state the nature of the business to be discussed, in violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-6(b). At the January 6, 2016 meeting, the Committee discussed and...
The Complainant alleged the DOH violated the APRA when it refused to provide records responsive to its APRA request seeking a copy of the Intoxilyzer I-9000 Training Manual. Among the twenty-seven (27) exceptions to the APRA is R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-2(4)(B), which exempts from public disclosure, "[
Complainant alleged that the Fire District violated the APRA when: 1) it failed to comply with this Department's "Decision and Order" in MacDougall v. Quonochontaug, PR 13 – 17; OM 13-24; 2) when it failed to properly respond to certain portions of his January 18, 2014 APRA request; and 3) when...
Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it failed to provide a written response to his April 1, 2015 APRA request and when it failed to provide all documents responsive to his April 1, 2015 APRA request. We found that the Town violated the APRA when it failed to respond to the...
Complainant requested and was denied access to copies "of all resumes received by the Coventry Schools Administration's advertised position for a Financial Director as well as any resumes received from other sources" on the grounds that disclosure would "constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion...
The Scituate Town Council did not violate the OMA when it discussed matters appropriate for closed session under R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(2) – "[s]essions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation, or work sessions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation." Complainant further...
Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it denied him access to requested documents. Based on all the evidence presented, we found that the privacy interests implicated by disclosure clearly outweighed the public interest and, therefore, disclosure would "constitute a clearly...
The Complainant alleged that the WGFD failed to specify the reasons for its denial, failed to indicate whether responsive documents did not exist, and that the requested documents maintained in a third party's personnel file should be deemed public records. Although the Fire District's denial...
In Fitzgerald v. Warwick Police Department, PR 14-13, we concluded that the Police Department violated the APRA when it assessed a "flat fee" of $5.00 per report in response to an APRA request seeking reports and records pertaining to two (2) individuals. The sole issue to be addressed in this...
