Here are PaFOIC's summaries of each Final Determination issued by the Office of Open Records as it handles appeals on denials of Right to Know requests around the state.

They are listed by date the Final Determination was issued, sorted by month.

Using the links below, you may also find them by the issues or exemptions involved, or by the state agency, county, municipality or school district involved in the appeal.

NOTE: Some appeals were "granted in part and denied in part." In these cases, they have been tagged as both "granted" and "denied."

A link to the complete Final Determination document is included at the bottom of each summary.

STATUS:

Granted (172)
Denied (275)
Dismissed (27)
Withdrawn (34)
Misdirected (8)
Appealed to court (69)
Appealed to higher court (4)
Court affirmed (3)
Court reversed (6)

ISSUES:

Academic transcripts (3)
Advisory opinions (1)
Agency discretion (15)
Agency non-compliance (79)
Attorneys fees (3)
Burden of proof (2)
Certified copies (7)
Compiled records (16)
Complex data sets (1)
Correspondence (4)
Court orders (2)
Dates of birth (2)
Disruptive requests (11)
Electronic access (2)
Fees (24)
Financial records (1)
Record format (13)
Governmental function (15)
Incident reports (8)
Invalid request (1)
Job applications (2)
Judicial records (5)
Labor strategy (1)
Law enforcement (11)
Legislative record (1)
Making own copies (3)
Media request (25)
Medical records (8)
Necessarily incurred fees (2)
Non-specific requests (25)
Not public agency (5)
Not public record (10)
Payroll (14)
Phone recording (1)
Request format (3)
Right to privacy (6)
Questions not records (18)
Record doesn't exist (65)
Record not in possession (39)
Redaction (6)
Redirecting requests (2)
Requester behavior (2)
Requester status (15)
Retrieval costs (1)
Solicitor invoices (5)
Sunshine Act (4)
Tapes of meetings (3)
Tax collectors (10)
Third-party contractors (27)
Third-party notification (4)
Voluminous requests (9)
Vol. fire companies (7)
W-2s (13)

EXEMPTIONS:

911 calls (10)
Addressess (19)
Audits (2)
Autopsy reports (4)
Bids/Proposals (1)
Board packets (3)
Cell phones (2)
Civil service tests (3)
Collective bargaining (1)
Complaints (7)
Computer security (2)
Constituent correspondence (1)
Criminal investigations (25)
DNA/RNA (2)
Demotion/discharge (2)
Donations (1)
Draft documents (3)
Emails (19)
Employee discipline (3)
Historical records (1)
Infrastructure security (8)
Insurance correspondence (1)
Loss of funds (3)
Minor ID info (1)
Minutes (2)
Names (3)
Performance reviews (3)
Non-criminal investigations (57)
Notes (1)
Personal information (30)
Personal security (27)
Personnel records (11)
Predecisional deliberations (27)
Privilege (16)
Proprietary information (3)
Public safety (14)
Real estate acquisition (2)
Settlement agreements (1)
Social services (7)
Tax liens (6)
Trade secrets (10)
Working papers (1)

OTHER LAWS:

CHRIA (5)
Coroner's Act (3)
FERPA (2)
HIPAA (2)
Other laws (40)

STATE AGENCIES:

DCED (2)
DCNR (3)
DEP (7)
DRJTBC (1)
Dept. of Aging (1)
Dept. of Agriculture (1)
Dept. of Banking (2)
Dept. of Corrections (41)
Dept. of Education (4)
Dept. of Gen. Services (4)
Dept. of Health (6)
Dept. of L&I (7)
Dept. of Public Welfare (4)
Dept. of Public Works (1)
Dept. of Revenue (2)
Dept. of State (11)
Governor's Office (1)
Office of Budget (1)
Office of Inspector General (1)
Pa. Board of Parole/Probation (8)
Pa. Commission on Sentencing (1)
Pa. Ethics Commission (1)
Pa. Game Commission (3)
Pa. Gaming Control Bd (2)
Pa. Insurance Dept. (1)
Pa. Office of Administration (1)
Pa. Public Utility Comm. (1)
Pa. Securities Commission (2)
Pa. SOAB (2)
Pa. State Police (24)
Pa. Turnpike Commission (3)
PEMA (1)
PHFA (1)
PennDOT (11)
SEPTA (1)

COUNTIES:

Adams Co. (1)
Allegheny Co. (5)
Bradford Co. (1)
Berks Co. (1)
Bucks Co. (1)
Butler Co. (3)
Cambria Co. (1)
Centre Co. (1)
Carbon Co. (2)
Chester Co. (4)
Clearfield Co. (1)
Cumberland Co. (1)
Dauphin Co. (2)
Erie Co. (2)
Huntingdon Co. (1)
Lackawanna Co. (6)
Lancaster Co. (4)
Lycoming Co. (1)
Lehigh Co. (3)
Luzerne Co. (2)
Montgomery Co. (4)
Northumberland Co. (1)
Perry Co. (1)
Pike Co. (1)
Schuylkill Co. (1)
Susquehanna Co. (2)
Tioga Co. (1)
Wyoming Co. (1)
York Co. (4)

MUNICIPALITIES

Antrim Twp (2)
Aston Twp (1)
Baden (1)
Baldwin (1)
Banks Twp (2)
Bethel Twp (1)
Bonneauville (1)
Bradford (1)
Brecknock Twp (1)
Carroll Twp (1)
Chalfont (1)
Cherrytree Twp. (1)
Chester (1)
Churchill (2)
Coatesville (2)
Conemaugh Twp (1)
Covington Twp (1)
Cranberry Twp (1)
Dickinson Twp (1)
E Hempfield Twp (1)
Erie (3)
Fairview Twp (1)
Franklin Park (1)
Frystown (1)
Glen Rock (1)
Harmony Twp (1)
Hatboro (2)
Hopewell Twp (1)
Jefferson Twp (1)
Jim Thorpe (1)
Johnstown (1)
Kutztown (2)
Lansford (1)
Lehigh Twp (5)
Lower Marion Twp (2)
Lower Paxton Twp (1)
Macungie (1)
Martic Twp (1)
McNett Twp (1)
Middletown Twp (1)
Midway (1)
Montgomery Twp (1)
Morris Twp (1)
Mt Carmel Twp (2)
Mt Joy Twp (2)
Mt Lebanon Twp (1)
Muhlenberg Twp (1)
Nether Providence Twp (1)
New Kensington (1)
Newtown Twp (4)
Norwegian Twp (1)
Penndel (2)
Penn Twp (1)
Peters Creek (1)
Philadelphia (23)
Pittsburgh (4)
Plumstead Twp (2)
Plymouth Twp (2)
Portage Twp. (1)
Reading Twp (1)
Roaring Brook Twp (1)
Rochester (1)
Rome Twp (1)
Rush Twp (1)
Salem Twp (1)
Scranton (7)
Sharon (1)
Shippensburg (1)
Shrewsbury Twp (1)
Snyder Twp (1)
Springfield Twp (2)
State College (1)
Sugar Grove (2)
Tunkhannock Twp (1)
Uniontown (1)
Upper Dublin Twp (1)
Upper Uwchlan Twp (1)
Wattsburg (1)
Waymart (1)
Weatherly (1)
W Easton (1)
West Mainheim Twp (1)
West Mifflin (1)
White Haven (1)
Williamsport (1)
Williams Twp (1)
Willistown Twp. (1)
Worcester Twp (4)
Wyomissing (1)
York Twp (2)

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Allegheny Valley SD (1)
Allentown SD (1)
Bermudian Springs SD (1)
Berwick Area SD (1)
Bethlehem SD (1)
Blackhawk SD (1)
Blairsville-Saltsburg (1)
Boyertown SD (1)
Central Bucks (1)
Central York SD (1)
Chester Community Charter Sch (1)
Colonial SD (1)
Dallastown SD (1)
Dunmore SD (1)
East Stroudsburg SD (8)
Gen. McLane SD (2)
Harrisburg SD (1)
Interboro SD (3)
Lakeland SD (1)
Lakeview SD (1)
Lancaster SD (1)
Methacton SD (3)
Montessori Charter School (1)
Morrisville SD (1)
Northampton SD (1)
Northern York SD (1)
North Hills SD (1)
N Pocono SD (1)
N Schuylkill SD (2)
Pen Argyl SD (1)
Penn-Delco SD (2)
Pittsburgh SD (3)
Pocono Mountain (8)
Pocono Mountain Charter (1)
Pottstown SD (1)
Quakertown SD (3)
Reading SD (1)
OJRoberts SD (1)
Souderton Area SD (1)
South Eastern SD (1)
Springfield SD (1)
Sto-Rox SD (1)
Susquehanna Twp SD (1)
Tredyffrin-Easttown SD (1)
Unionville-Chadds Ford (5)
Upper Dublin SD (1)
Wilkes-Barre SD (1)
Wm Penn SD (2)

COLLEGES/UNIVs

Butler County CC (1)
East Stroudsburg University (2)
Indiana University (1)
Lehigh Carbon CC (1)
Montgomery Co. CC (1)

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Dept. of Public Welfare

2009 FINAL DETERMINATION SUMMARIES

Denied: Contract letters not in DPW's possession

August 26, 2009

Denied: A request to the Department of Public Welfare for approval letters written for a 1995 contract. The DPW had denied the request, saying that it did not have any documents covering the time period of the request. Read More...

Denied: Foster children injury reports and citations

March 13, 2009

Denied: Reports of injuries received by children living in foster homes not licensed by the Department of Public Welfare, and any citations issued. Read More...

Denied: Records that DPW attested no longer exist

February 19, 2009

Denied: A request for records which the state Department of Public Welfare attested no longer existed. Read More...