Non-specific requests
Denied: Request for information, not for records
September 02, 2009
Denied: A request for
information regarding Fairview Township permits.
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Granted: Records where borough failed to prove they could be withheld
August 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a number of records
related to the requester’s employment with the
borough of Jim Thorpe, including police reports,
records of disciplinary actions and investigation
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Denied: Request deemed not specific enough for agency response
August 10, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Sexual Offender Assessment Board
seeking records relating to the requester. The
agency denied the request for lack of
specificity.
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Denied: Pittsburgh school building use calculations
August 07, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing how the Facility Condition Index was
calculated for two buildings in the Pittsburgh
School District. The district had denied the
request, citing exception for predecisional
deliberative records. Read
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Denied: DEP records including well location, and answers to questions
July 29, 2009
Denied: Several individual
requests for records from the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection related to
a coal fly-ash dump near the requester’s home.
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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: DEP investigative records into blast
July 20, 2009
Denied: Records from the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection related to blasting that took place
near the requester's home five years ago.
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Denied: Records in electronic format where redaction not secure
July 14, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board for copies of the 2008
travel expense reports for all board. The board
granted the request, but indicated that the
copying fees would be more than $2,000, which the
requesters appealed, arguing that the fee was
unnecessary as the records should be provided in
electronic format. Read
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Denied: Request for township ordinance documents already provided
June 26, 2009
Denied: A request to Plumstead
Township for documents related to the adoption of
26 ordinances. The township had denied two parts
of the five-part request as failing to be
sufficiently specific, and denied the other three
parts as disruptive, saying it had provided the
requester with the same records in 2007.
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Granted: Building inspections and submissions not exempt under security provisions
June 04, 2009
Granted: A multi-part request to
the Borough of Lansford for building inspections
and submissions. The borough had denied access,
citing the noncriminal investigation exception
and lack of specificity. Read
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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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Denied: School district contact information in format requested
May 15, 2009
Denied: A request for contact
information for William Penn School District
employees, which the district provided but not in
the way the requester wanted it. Read
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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: Financial and driver information from L&L Fire Co.
April 23, 2009
Granted: Access to financial and
vehicle driver information from the L&L Fire
Company of Weatherly. The request had been denied
based on lack of specificity and the argument
that volunteer fire companies need only provide
financial information in response to Right to
Know requests. Read
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Granted: State Police procedures about audio recordings of vehicle encounters
April 22, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for its policies
relating to audio recordings of vehicle
encounters. Read
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Granted: State Police procedures about use of dash cameras
April 22, 2009
Granted: A request made to the
Pennsylvania State Police seeking procedure
records relating to dash camera usage, retention
and copying. The PSP had denied the request,
saying the requester cited the old Right to Know
Law, and that the request was not specific enough
to determine what records were being sought.
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Denied: Executor's request for deceased's social services records
April 13, 2009
Denied: A request to Allegheny
County from the executor of a woman's estate for
all county records pertaining to the deceased.
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Granted: 20 requests for school district email, correspondence
April 10, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: Thirty-six requests to the
Methacton School District for emails and letters
to or from school board members and/or staff
concerning district business and activities. The
Office of Open Records found that the school
district did not prove that any of the requests
were exempt as predecisional deliberations, but
also cautioned the requester about his voluminous
and duplicative request.
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Granted: Access to building plans and non-complaint correspondence
April 06, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for all records related
to a residential development in the Plymouth
Township zoning/code enforcement office,
specifically applications for building permits;
copies of permits; plans submitted for review
with reviewers comments; field inspection logs;
all correspondence to the office, with responses;
violation notices; certificates of occupancy; and
any other documents in these files. Read
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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: Request asked questions, didn't seek records
March 25, 2009
Denied: A request to the borough
of Churchill that sought answers to three
questions but did not seek records. Read
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Denied: Request sought answers to questions, not records
March 20, 2009
Denied: A request submitted to
the Department of Labor & Industry regarding
a Wage Payment and Collection Claim, which
consisted primarily of questions, rather than a
request for records. Read
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Granted: Request that city denied as not specific enough
March 19, 2009
Granted: A request for records
the city of Philadelphia had denied by saying the
request was not specific enough to determine what
records were requested. 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/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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