Predecisional deliberations
Granted: Records of contemplated purchases by Pittsburgh school district
August 10, 2009
Granted in part, denied in part:
A request to the Pittsburgh School District for
invoices, contracts, bids and correspondence
regarding the purchase of promotional items.
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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: PennDOT project right-of-ways, maps, as deliberative records
August 03, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
right-of-way and let dates as well as maps and
documents showing the proposed layout of specific
projects. Read
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Denied: A proposed Department of Corrections policy
July 28, 2009
Denied: A request for a copy of
a proposed Department of Corrections commissary
operations policy, not yet in effect.
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Granted: Developer's tax increment financing plan, with redactions
July 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for copies of a draft
Montgomery County tax increment financing plan
for a specific project. The county had denied the
request, saying that the records were exempt from
disclosure as containing confidential proprietary
information and as predecisional deliberations.
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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: 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: Adams County preliminary financial report, after specific redaction
July 02, 2009
Granted in part and denied in part:
A request for an unredacted copy of a preliminary
financial report for Adams County.
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Denied: Township communications with solicitor as privileged
June 23, 2009
Denied in part, dismissed as moot in
part: A request to East Hempfield
Township for copies of records related to a
church plan filed since supervisors gave
conditional approval to the plan. Read
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Denied: PennDOT consultant report on proposed employee policy
June 15, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
consultant reports as to a employee "confined
space" policy under consideration. Read
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Denied: Project concepts, protected as pre-bid proposals
June 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for all
responses to its Requests for Concepts and
Solutions for the Mon-Fayette Expressway and
Southern Beltway. Read
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Granted: Auditor's letters to Rome Twp
May 27, 2009
Granted: A request for
audit-related communications from an auditor to
Rome Township. The township had denied the
request, saying it had requested an advisory
opinion from the Office of Open Records, and thus
the request was subject to legal review.
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Granted: Copies of DCED records not proven to be 'predecisional'
May 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Community and Economic Development seeking a copy
of an application and copies of records relied
upon for funding decisions. Read
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Granted: Emails pertaining to requester's ejection from board meeting
May 15, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for electronic copies of
any and all communications between East
Stroudsburg Area School District staff and
officials following the requester's ejection from
a school board meeting. 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: Copies of budget committee slides shown at meeting
May 04, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for the athletic budget
presentation slides projected at a public meeting
of the Quakertown Community School District.
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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: 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: Supporting documentation for school enrollment projections
April 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for records from the
Methacton School District. The Office of Open
Records granted access to supporting
documentation for school enrollment projections,
saying the district did not prove these documents
were exempt as internal, predecisional
deliberations. Read
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Denied: Dam failure reports as part of non-criminal investigation
April 01, 2009
Denied: A request for four
reports about a dam failure at Ryerson Station
State Park. The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources had denied the request, stating
that the reports were part of an ongoing
non-criminal investigation and also involve
pre-decisional deliberations of the agency.
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Denied: Predecisional budget figures not 'deliberated'
March 30, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Northampton Area School District for 2009-10
figures in the district's preliminary budget
documents. The denial was based on the fact the
figures were protected as predecisional
information.
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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,
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Granted: School district correspondence
March 06, 2009
Granted: A request for
correspondence related to the Bridge Valley Home
& School Association from the Central Bucks
School District, which the district had denied
citing the exception of investigative materials.
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Denied: Unredacted township management report
March 04, 2009
Denied: A request for an
unredacted version of a township operations
management report prepared by consultants for
Antrim Township. Read
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Granted: School district contracts, agreements
February 19, 2009
Granted: A request for copies of
school district contracts and master agreements
that the district said were exempt from
disclosure as pre-decisional documents.
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