Governmental function

Granted: Delaware River Waterfront Corp. records

Granted: A 28-part request to the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. seeking to review records related to its relationship and contracts with another corporation. The requester received no response to his request, and so it was deemed denied. Read More...

Denied: A request to Pa. State Education Association, not an agency

Denied: A request made to the Pennsylvania State Education Association for records of payments made for the services of an impartial arbitrator. Read More...

Denied: Records from PEBTF, not a public agency

Denied: A request from a state representative for financial records and reports from the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund.
The PEBTF said it was not a Commonwealth agency and not subject to the Right to Know Law, and the Office of Open Records agreed. Read More...

Denied: Forensic audit report from ESU Foundation

Denied: A request to East Stroudsburg University for the results of a forensic audit of the East Stroudsburg University Foundation. Read More...

Denied: Request to Chester Co. economic council, as a private entity

Denied: A request to the Chester County Economic Development Council for copies of bid results and tabulations. The council said it was a private, non-profit industrial development corporation – not a public agency – and therefore not subject to the Right to Know Law. Read More...

Granted: Lackawanna Co. prison pharmacy records from contractor

Granted: A request for an unredacted contract and a three-year financial accounting for the pharmacy at the Lackawanna County Prison. Read More...

Denied: Bank's records on allegedly illegal charges on school district card

Denied: A request for a bank’s purchasing card records and reports related to illegal charges, from the Dallastown Area School District. Read More...

Denied: Payroll records from private corporation receiving public funding

Denied: A request by the Greater Pennsylvania Regional Council of Carpenters, a union, for certified payroll records from Bionol Clearfield, LLC, a private corporation. Read More...

Granted: Access to records of 'private' industrial development corporation

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 More...

Granted/Affirmed: Concession bids submitted to contractor managing public stadium

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. Read More...

Denied: Records of Wall Street West, not a public agency

Denied: A request seeking records from Wall Street West, a private non-for-profit corporation which receives grant funding from the Department of Labor and Industry. Read More...

Granted: Volunteer fire company meeting minutes

Granted in part and denied in part: A request for the Frystown (Bethel Township) volunteer fire company's meeting minutes from April 1996 through present. The fire company had denied the request, saying it is not subject to the Right to Know Law. Read More...

Granted: State university foundation's donation information

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 More...

Denied/Affirmed: Request for records subject to a court order

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 More...

Granted: Access to records of fire company as a local agency

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 More...