Questions not records

Denied: Request for answer to question to Dept. of Corrections

Denied: A request to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for information about why a particular inmate was being held at a county prison. Read More...

Denied: Questions on complaint to Department of Agriculture

Denied: A request to the Department of Agriculture regarding a complaint regarding a dog law officer. Read More...

Denied: Request for information, not for records

Denied: A request for information regarding Fairview Township permits. Read More...

Denied: Corrections nutrition handbook that no longer exists

Denied: A request to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy of the agency’s nutrition support handbook. The DOC denied the request, saying the handbook is an old document that is no longer used or maintained by the agency. Read More...

Denied: Pittsburgh school building use calculations

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 More...

Denied: DEP records including well location, and answers to questions

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. Read More...

Denied: Records showing why township manager was fired

Denied: A request to Upper Uwchlan Township for records showing the reason a township manager was fired. Read More...

Denied: Request for complainant's name

Denied: A request to Lower Paxton Township for the name of the person who complained about code violations on the requester's property. The township had denied the request, citing the exemption for noncriminal investigation records. Read More...

Denied: Request that posed question, didn't request record

Granted: A request to the Pennsylvania Department of Health seeking information regarding statistics on HIV cases in the state. The agency denied the request, stating that the request sought an answer to a question, not records. Read More...

Granted: PennDOT vehicle records not covered by other laws

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 More...

Denied: Unredacted security camera records as related to infrastructure security

Denied: A request for unredacted maintenance records on security cameras in the Pittsburgh school district. Read More...

Granted: Emails pertaining to requester's ejection from board meeting

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 More...

Denied: Request for Game Commission records resulting from complaint

Denied: A request for any document generated as a result of the requester's complaint regarding a wildlife sanctuary. The request contained a number of questions seeking information, and repeated requests noted in a previous appeal. Read More...

Denied: Request asking questions about other job applicants

Denied: A request to the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, asking questions about successful applicants for a parole agent job that the requester had interviewed for. Read More...

Denied: Non-existent records responsive to questions

Denied: A request to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections that consisted of 16 questions relating to inmate population. The DOC had provided records in response to five of the questions, but stated records in response to the other 11 questions did not exist. Read More...

Denied: Request seeking answers to questions, not documents

Denied: Three requests that sought answers to questions rather than requesting public records. Read More...

Denied: Request asked questions, didn't seek records

Denied: A request to the borough of Churchill that sought answers to three questions but did not seek records. Read More...

Denied: Request sought answers to questions, not records

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 More...