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Denied: DNA/RNA records from State Police
August 28, 2009
Denied: A request for DNA/RNA
records from the Pennsylvania State Police
stemming from an incident involving the requester
and another inmate. Read
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Denied: Unredacted sex offender supervision policy
August 24, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole for an
unredacted copy of its policy on sex offender
supervision.
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Granted: Records on township commissioners' personal PCs
August 21, 2009
Granted: A request for emails
and other correspondence of two York Township
commissioners. Read
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Granted: Delinquent accounts borough claimed protected by Fair Credit act
August 21, 2009
Granted: A request for access to
delinquent sewer accounts from the Sharon
Sanitary Authority. Read
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Granted: Home addresses on contractor payroll records
August 17, 2009
Granted: A request for home
addresses on certified payroll records of a
third-party contractor from the City of
Philadelphia. Read
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Granted: Names, addresses on payroll records
August 05, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of General Services for
copies of certified payroll records of a
third-party contractor with names and home
addresses. Read
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Granted: Marriage licenses with no service fee for access
July 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for copies of 24
marriage license applications and certificates
from the Philadelphia City License Marriage
Bureau. The requester had submitted a Right to
Know Request for the licenses and enclosed a
check to pay for 48 copies at 25 cents per page,
plus postage. The Register of Wills Office, on
behalf of the bureau, denied the request and
advised the requester that the register is a
judicial agency with a different fee schedule
than that set by the Right to Know Law.
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Granted: Supervisor's presentation which township denied was public record
July 24, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a PowerPoint presentation on the Mount Joy
Township budget created by a supervisor. The
township had denied the request, saying the
presentation was not a public record because it
had no “official” purpose, was on the
supervisor’s personal computer and not in the
township’s possession. Read
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Granted: State police policy on motor vehicle stops
July 20, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for records relating to
procedures to be followed when stopping and
searching a motor vehicle and seizing property.
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Denied: Jail bed platform records not in DOC's possession
July 16, 2009
Denied: A request for records
about the installation of bed platforms at the
State Correctional Institution-Greene, which the
Department of Corrections said were not in its
possession. Read
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Denied: Record that Department of Corrections says doesn't exist
July 14, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy
of the requester's "Judgement of Sentence."
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Granted: School board budget booklet discussed at public meeting
July 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Unionville Chadds
Ford School District seeking a preliminary budget
booklet which had been distributed to the school
board at a public meeting. Read
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Granted: School district cell phone numbers
July 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a listing of all
cell phones paid for by the East Stroudsburg Area
School District, with related invoices, names and
titles for all those who were issued the phones.
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Granted: Supervisor emails concerning nominations
July 08, 2009
Granted: A request for emails to
or from Worcester Township supervisors concerning
nominations to appointed positions in the
township. Read
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Granted: Home addresses of Wm Penn School District employees
July 08, 2009
Granted: A request to the
William Penn School District for the home
addresses of all employees who pay fair share.
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Granted: Redacted PSP inspection report on fatal accident
July 02, 2009
Granted in part, denied in part:
A request for an inspection report about at fatal
accident from the Pennsylvania State Police.
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Granted: York County employee addresses, law enforcement officers redacted
June 25, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for names and addresses
of all fair share taxpayers employed by York
County. Read
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Granted: Township records from tax collector
June 19, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
records for 10 properties from Springfield
Township. The township had denied the records,
saying it was not required to create record, that
it did not have the authority to release the
records, and that real estate tax records don't
fall under the purview of the township.
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Granted: Release of redacted State Police incident reports
June 18, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Pennsylvania State Police records
relating to a mobile home fire in South
Connellsville. Read
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Granted: Access to records of 'private' industrial development corporation
June 17, 2009
Granted: Records requested from
the Philadelphia Industrial Development
Corporation, which had been denied on the grounds
the PIDC was a private corporate entity not
subject to the Right to Know Law. The Office of
Open Records determined that as a third-party
contractor doing the work of a government agency,
its records were subject to public release under
the Right to Know Law: Read
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Denied: First names of corrections officers, as threat to security
June 17, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing the names of employees at a state
correctional instutition. Read
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Granted: ACLU request that Philadelphia Police Department ignored completely
June 15, 2009
Granted: A 14-part request to
the Philadelphia Police Department for records
relating to pedestrian stops and documents
addressing police officers' interactions with
undocumented immigrants. Other than an initial
response that it required a 30-day extension to
respond, the department was unresponsive, and
ignored three Office of Open Records requests to
respond to the requester's appeal. Read
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Denied: Search warrant times as criminal investigation records
June 15, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing arrival and departure times of
Pennsylvania State Police officers serving a
search warrant at the requester's home on behalf
of the Attorney General's office. Read
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Granted: Philadelphia payroll with addresses, birth dates
June 12, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a copy of the
current City of Philadelphia payroll list, by a
reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Granted: W-2 for Pocono Mountain School District employee
June 11, 2009
Granted: A request for the W-2
form for a Pocono Mountain School District
employee, with exempt information redacted. The
district had denied the request, saying that W-2
forms are exempt from disclosure under a federal
law, and as personal financial information under
the Right to Know Law. Read
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Granted: Third-party contractor payroll records from DCNR
June 01, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
certified payroll records of a third-party
contractor and subsequent subcontractors from the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,
with home addresses included. Read
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Denied: Inmate record that doesn't exist, investigative record
June 01, 2009
Denied: A request for the
requester's inmate records from the Department of
Corrections.
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Granted: School district W-2 and W-3 forms
June 01, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Allegheny Valley
School District for W-2 and W-3 forms for school
employees and all laws that mandate employee
benefits as taxable compensation. Read
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Granted: Union dues information on W-2s
May 29, 2009
Granted: A request to
Susquehanna Township School District for union
dues information on W-2s for two school
employees. Read
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Denied: Autopsy report not yet public under Coroner's Act
May 27, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Cumberland County coroner for records revealing
the manner of death for a man found dead six days
prior to the request. Read
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Granted: Names, addresses on third-party payroll record
May 26, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
the certified payroll records of a third-party
contractor and all subcontractors on a certain
project, including names and home addresses, with
the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget.
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Granted: 911 time response logs with addresses included
May 22, 2009
Granted: A request to York
County seeking 911 call time response logs with
addresses included. Read
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Granted: Request for teacher grievance information
May 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for statistical and
financial information about litigation of
grievances filed by teaching staff in the
Blackhawk School District. Read
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Granted/Reversed: W-2s showing school administrators' car mileage/car expenses
May 20, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
W-2 documents showing taxes withheld for mileage
reimbursement/automobile allowed for all
administrators at the Pocono Mountain School
District. The district had denied the request,
saying the information was exempt from disclosure
as personal financial information, and under the
federal Privacy Act and Paperwork Reduction Act.
The Office of Open Record’s decision was reversed
by the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas.
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Granted: Police department's police on Taser use
May 19, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Churchill for its policy on the use of
Tasers by its police department. Read
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Granted: Tax information from Montgomery Township
May 15, 2009
Granted: A request for printouts
of current tax year information and charges for
liens for a property in Montgomery Township.
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Denied: Letter written to subject of requester's complaint
May 13, 2009
Denied: A request for a letter
related to a complaint the requester had made to
the Department of State about an osteopathic
doctor. Read
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Granted: Request ignored by Gaming board as being improperly made
May 11, 2009
Granted: A request for
communications to gambling license applicants and
their responses, including financial information,
to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
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Granted: Access to Chester charter school financial records
May 08, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
financial reports involving the Chester Community
Charter School and Charter School Management. The
district had partially granted and partially
denied the request, invoking a number of
exemptions. Read
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Granted/Reversed: A request for emails discussing school board packets
May 08, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request
seeking electronic copies of any and all
communications between East Stroudsburg Area
School District officials from Jan. 1, 2009 to
the present that concerned board packets.
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Granted: Nursing home inspection documents, after redaction
May 06, 2009
Granted: Copies of surveys and
inspections conducted by the Department of Health
at ManorCare in Yeadon, a Medicare provider of
nursing care and rehabilitation. ManorCare had
requested documents related to surveys and/or
inspections conducted at its facility, including
materials related to the DOH's issuance of a
Statement of Deficiencies. Read
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Granted/Affirmed: Concession bids submitted to contractor managing public stadium
May 06, 2009
Granted/Affirmed: A request
seeking names and bids submitted to SWB Yankees
LLC for a concessionaire contract at PNC Field.
The records had been denied by the Multi-Purpose
Stadium Authority of Lackawanna County, which
said it did not have possession of the records
and that they were not related to a governmental
function. The OOR’s decision was affirmed by the
Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.
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Denied: Coach improvement plan from Northern York School District.
April 22, 2009
Denied: A request seeking the
"prescription for improvements" for a coach who
had been re-hired by the Northern York School
District. The district had denied the request on
the basis that it sought personnel records
including written criticism or performance
reviews that are protected from disclosure.
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Granted/Reversed: Autopsy report from Butler County coroner
April 20, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
a copy of an autopsy report from the Butler
County coroner. Read
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Denied: Records not in agency's possession; OOR asks agency to help requester
April 17, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Secretary of the Commonwealth, handled by the
Department of State, for oaths of office for
three judges. The department said it did not have
the records requested; the Office of Open Records
asked the department to direct the requester to
the proper agency. Read
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Denied: Request for names of recipients of PEMA goods/services
April 17, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for the
names of those receiving equipment and services
purchased with Homeland Security grant funds from
2005-2008. Read
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Granted: Autopsy reports as made accessible by Coroner's Act
April 17, 2009
Granted: A request for two
autopsy reports from Lancaster County. The Office
of Open Records ruled that once autopsy reports
are filed at the end of each year as required by
the Coroner's Act, they become public record as
outlined in the Coroner's Act, which takes
precedence over the Right to Know Law.
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Granted: Lackawanna Co. Prison contractor's pharmacy contract
April 15, 2009
Granted: Requests to Lackawanna
County for the pharmacy contract between the
third-party medical contractor at the Lackawanna
County Prison and its pharmacy subcontractor.
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Granted: Access for requester to inspect and copy
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Corrections for records about claims and
settlements, which the DOC granted but required
prepayment of an estimated $8,750. Read
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Granted: Medical protocols for prisoners from county contractor
April 13, 2009
Granted: A request to Lackawanna
County for the rules and regulations pertaining
to medical treatment of inmates at the county
prison, including those of the contractor
providing medical services. Read
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Granted: Emails about requester's application for real estate license
April 13, 2009
Granted: Unredacted emails
related to the requester's unsuccessful license
application to the Real Estate Commission. The
Department of State had denied access to the
emails, citing the predecisional deliberative,
personal security, public safety and criminal
investigative exceptions. Read
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Granted: State university foundation's donation information
April 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to East Stroudsburg
University for donor information and minutes of
meetings held by the East Stroudsburg University
Foundation. The Office of Open Records granted
access to donaton information, with donors names
redacted, as information from a third-party
contractor performing a governmental function.
The minutes of the foundation's meetings were
denied. Read
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Denied/Affirmed: Request for records subject to a court order
April 08, 2009
Denied/Affirmed: A request for
records from the Erie County Office of Children
and Youth for records from a third-party
contractor. The Office of Open Records denied the
request upon being informed the requester and the
records were the subject of a court order
preventing disclosure. Read
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Denied/Affirmed: Names of people who complained about requester's property
April 03, 2009
Denied: A request for zoning
enforcement records identifying individuals who
communicated with Plymouth Township regarding
proceedings against the requester's property.
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Granted: Access to records of fire company as a local agency
April 03, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Morris Township and
the Morris Township Fire Company for five types
of documents related to the operation of the fire
company. The township had denied the request
based on non-possession, and the fire company had
denied access by saying it was not subject to the
Right to Know Law. Read
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Denied: Parolee records protected by another law
March 27, 2009
Denied: Request for a copy of
parole records, specifically a negative
recommendation made by a trial judge and
prosecuting attorney. Read
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Granted: PSP incident report, including names of victim and accused
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victims and the names of those charged.
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Granted: PSP incident report, including name of victim
March 23, 2009
Granted: A Pennsylvania State
Police incident report including the name of the
victim. Read
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Granted: Board of Nursing program approval documents
March 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the state Board of
Nursing of the Department of State, seeking four
types of records related to a nurse education
program. Read
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Granted: County emails related to WIB
March 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request made to Luzerne County
for email records involving the
Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board,
Inc. Read
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Granted/Reversed: Printouts of tax lien information
March 13, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
printouts of current tax year and lien
information for two Aston Township properties.
The Office of Open Records' determination in this
case was reversed by the court,
which ruled that the Township was under no
obligation to create the record sought.
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Granted: Master class schedule database
March 11, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
the master schedule database from the
Unionville-Chadds Ford School District, with
student names redacted. Read
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Denied: Student rosters, team plans, parent names/addresses
March 11, 2009
Denied: A request for three
types of records from the Pen Argyl School
District: Student rosters for all classes taught
by a specific teacher during Fall 2008 and Spring
2009; team improvement plans for basketball and
baseball coaches; and the names and addresses for
each parent or guardian with a child attending
school in the district. Read
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Granted: Emails to or from township supervisors
March 11, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Seven requests for emails to or
from the Worcester Township supervisors. The
township, in denying the request entirely, stated
that some of the emails were insufficiently
described to enable it to respond, and that the
others did not constitute public records, were
not in the township's possession or were
privileged. Read
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Granted: Township's tax records from tax collector
March 09, 2009
Granted: A request seeking tax
payment records from Lower Merion Township.
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Granted/Reversed: Uncertified property utility bill information
March 09, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
current and delinquent utility bill information
on a single property from the Chester Water
Authority, without the need to pay $15 for a
certified copy. The Delaware County Court of
Common Pleas reversed the OOR's decision in this
case, saying the request was not specific, in
that it did not indicate that certified copies
were not being requested. Read
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Granted: Worcester Twp. supervisor emails
March 05, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Seven requests for emails to or
from the Worcester Township supervisors.
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Granted: Township supervisor payroll summaries
March 03, 2009
Granted: A request for 2008
payroll summaries for three Norwegian Township
supervisors, including payroll taxes and
contributions. Read
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