There was insufficient evidence to establish that the Superintendent's Office failed to respond to Complainant's APRA request dated November 19, 2012. With respect to Complainant's APRA request dated December 1, 2012, this Department found that the Superintendent's Office violated the APRA when...
The City of Providence did not violate the APRA when it responded to a request for records on the tenth business day. The complaint was filed prematurely, before the expiration of the ten (10) business days, and failed to consider that Memorial Day was a non-business day.
The RI Dept. of Health did not violate the APRA when it refused to provide the names and addresses of children and their parents living in the Middletown and Newport area because the disclosure would constitute a "clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy." See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3(b).
This Department did not address complainant's allegation that the Warren Town Council's ("Town Council") agenda for its February 12, 2013 meeting was insufficient to inform the public of the nature of the business to be discussed since the complainants attended the February 12, 2013 meeting and...
The Cumberland Police Department violated the APRA when it failed to deny an APRA in writing. See R.I. Gen. Laws 38-2-7. Instead, the Police Department orally denied the APRA request. Although this Department's precedent suggested that the withheld documents, i.e., incident reports, were exempt...
Although the City eventually provided the Complainant with most documents responsive to its APRA request, the City violated the APRA when it failed to timely respond to the Complainant's APRA request. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7(a). The City was given ten (10) business days to provide a...
The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education did not violate the APRA when it denied the Complainant's APRA request for certain documents.
The School Committee did not violate the OMA when it did not provide notice to a School Committee member that his conduct would be discussed in open session. The School Committee also did not violate the OMA by failing to include certain language in the December 12, 2012 minutes because that...
The Westerly Housing Authority Board of Commissioners ("Board") did not violate the OMA during its February 21, 2013 meeting since the agenda included a statement specifying the nature of the business to be discussed. The Board did not violate the OMA when the agenda contained no provision...
The Office of Attorney General found that the Cranston City Council violated the OMA during its March 25, 2013 meeting when ordinances were introduced and referred to other committees under the generic agenda item "New Business." Although R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-6(b) would have allowed the City...
