Complainant alleged that the Board violated the APRA when it denied his request for a transcript of a public hearing. The Board asserted it purchased the transcript from a third-party stenographer and, as such, it constituted "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person, firm, or corporation which is of a privileged or confidential nature." See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-2(4)(B)." Based on the totality of the evidence provided and applicable precedent, we concluded that the transcript would customarily not be released to the public by the person from whom it was obtained and did not constitute a public record. Accordingly, we found no violation.
