Questions not records
Denied: Request for answer to question to Dept. of Corrections
September 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
information about why a particular inmate was
being held at a county prison. Read
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Denied: Questions on complaint to Department of Agriculture
September 03, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Agriculture regarding a complaint
regarding a dog law officer. Read
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Denied: Request for information, not for records
September 02, 2009
Denied: A request for
information regarding Fairview Township permits.
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Denied: Corrections nutrition handbook that no longer exists
August 12, 2009
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
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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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Denied: Records showing why township manager was fired
July 13, 2009
Denied: A request to Upper
Uwchlan Township for records showing the reason a
township manager was fired. Read
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Denied: Request for complainant's name
June 22, 2009
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
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Denied: Request that posed question, didn't request record
June 10, 2009
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.
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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: Unredacted security camera records as related to infrastructure security
June 01, 2009
Denied: A request for unredacted
maintenance records on security cameras in the
Pittsburgh school district. 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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Denied: Request for Game Commission records resulting from complaint
May 07, 2009
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
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Denied: Request asking questions about other job applicants
April 30, 2009
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
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Denied: Non-existent records responsive to questions
April 20, 2009
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
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Denied: Request seeking answers to questions, not documents
April 17, 2009
Denied: Three requests that
sought answers to questions rather than
requesting public records. 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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