Compiled records
Granted: Request for festival costs; no single document exists
December 09, 2009
Granted: A request for documents
showing the cost of a fall festival at the
Carroll Township Community Center. The township
had denied the request, saying that no single
document existed that showed the total cost.
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Denied: Confidential financial information on bid-winning company
September 10, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of General Services for records
related to the submission of bids and the
awarding of a contract to a competing company.
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Granted: Property tax status documents from township
August 06, 2009
Granted: A request to Middletown
Township for printouts of current tax year
information and payment status for three
properties. The township had denied possession of
the records, saying they were available only from
the tax office. Read
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Granted: Copies from Dept. of Education database
July 27, 2009
Granted: Department of Education
records related to the Pennsylvania Value-Added
Assessment System. The DOE had advised that the
cost of duplicating the records would be almost
$4,000, plus shipping. The requester responded
that it did not request copies, but rather access
to the data maintained by the department in
electronic form. Read
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Denied: Appeal of $1,187 fee for compiled PennDOT records
July 07, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
compiled spreadsheets of vehicle registration
information, with specified fields, for less than
the estimated $1,187.50 fee. Read
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Granted: Tax records from Springfield School District
June 19, 2009
Granted: A request for tax
information for 10 properties from the
Springfield School District. The district had
denied the request, stating it was not in
possession of the tax records and that it was not
required to create them. 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: PennDOT vehicle records not easy to produce
June 08, 2009
Granted: A request for certain
salvage and towing information filed with the
Department of Transportation. Read
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Granted: PennDOT vehicle records not covered by other laws
June 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation seeking information
about a particular license plate and vehicle
registration. Read
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Denied: Securities Commission investigation records about requester
June 05, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Securities Commission for both a
list of records and actual records relating to a
criminal investigation of the requester and
organizations under his control. 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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Denied: List of school building users, otherwise available in minutes
May 08, 2009
Denied: A request seeking a list
of school and non-school related organizations'
use of facilities in the North Schuylkill School
District. on specific dates. The district denied
the request, saying such a list did not exist.
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Granted: Auctioned abandoned vehicle information from PennDOT
April 29, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
information about all abandoned vehicles sold at
auction by a Reading towing company in 2006.
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Granted: Access to voluminous tax sale records not compiled
April 23, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Philadelphia Sheriff's Office seeking records
showing excess proceeds resulting from mortgage
and tax foreclosure sales. The sheriff's office
had denied the request, saying it does not
maintain centralized records containing excess
sale proceeds, and that it was not required to
create or compile a record that didn't exist.
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Denied: Appeal that request not fully granted
April 14, 2009
Denied: An appeal based on the
requester's belief that he did not receive a
complete response to his request for contact
information for Williamsport city employees.
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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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