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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: Records that state parole board does not possess
December 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole for
unspecified documents pertaining to legal
custody. The PBPP told the requester that no such
records exist, and not that "it is not a denial
of access when an agency does not possess
records." Read
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Granted: Records where borough failed to prove they could be withheld
August 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a number of records
related to the requester’s employment with the
borough of Jim Thorpe, including police reports,
records of disciplinary actions and investigation
records. Read
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Denied: Philadelphia prison record that doesn't exist
August 19, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Philadelphia Prison System for records of an
attorney's visits with an inmate in 1989. The
agency denied the request, stating that that the
records do not exist. Read
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Denied: Records from Department of Corrections that do not exist
August 17, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for copies
of request slips the requester had filed from
1999 to 2002. Read
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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: Violent offender information DOC says doesn't exist
August 06, 2009
Denied: A request for
information from the Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections regarding the percentage of violent
offenders who receive institutional support for
parole. Read
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Denied: Records of murderer that DOC could not find
August 05, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for the
booking record, photo and mental health record of
an individual convicted of murdering the
requester’s mother in 1966. Read
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Denied: Request for zoning board transcripts without paying transcription fee
August 05, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the borough of
Baldwin for copies of notes, minutes and
transcripts from two zoning board meetings, one
in March and one in May. The borough had granted
the request for transcripts, but indicated that
the cost would be more than $100. Read
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Denied: Records of inmate attorney visits that no longer exist
August 04, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
records regarding visits by the requester’s
attorney while the requester was incarcerated
between 1990 and 1992. The DOC responded that the
records in question no longer exist. Read
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Denied: Appeal on homeowner association records provided
August 03, 2009
Denied: An appeal on a request
for records from Newtown Township, which the
township denied, stating it had previously
provided access to the records and deemed the
citizen a “disruptive requester.” Read
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Granted: Philadelphia police sign-in log from 1988, or statement swearing it no longer exists
July 31, 2009
Granted: A request from the
Philadelphia Police Department for a copy of the
visitor’s sign-in log from 1988. Read
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Denied: Scranton redevelopment pact information that doesn't exist
July 30, 2009
Denied: Records containing
information about a redevelopment agreement
between the city of Scranton and a certain
company, which the city swore did not exist.
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Granted: Unredacted attorney invoices; district failed to defend redactions
July 30, 2009
Granted: A request for
communications, invoices and payments made to an
attorney by the East Stroudsburg Area School
District, in regards to a letter the attorney
wrote to the requester on the school district’s
behalf. The district provided extensively
redacted copies of the requested records, citing
the attorney-client privilege. Read
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Denied: Additional accident records that fire co. swears do not exist
July 30, 2009
Denied: Records from the
Tunkhannock Township Fire Company relating to a
specific fatal vehicle accident. 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: Untested GIS scheduling database from SEPTA
July 29, 2009
Denied: A request for an
untested GIS database of scheduling and routing
data from the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Transportation Authority (SEPTA) 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: Supervisor's presentation which township denied was public record
July 24, 2009
Granted: A request for a copy of
a PowerPoint presentation on the Mount Joy
Township budget created by a supervisor. The
township had denied the request, saying the
presentation was not a public record because it
had no “official” purpose, was on the
supervisor’s personal computer and not in the
township’s possession. Read
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Granted: Individual correspondence involving school district business
July 24, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for communications and
other records relating to lawsuits by a former
Penn-Delco School District solicitor against the
former business manager and a former board
president. Read
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Denied: Investigative interview that became part of district operational review
July 23, 2009
Denied: Penn-Delco School
District records that the district said either
did not exist or were part of a noncriminal
investigation. Read
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Denied: Engineer's report township attests doesn't exist
July 17, 2009
Denied: A request to Portage
Township for access to an engineer's report
relating to decisions made about installing pipes
on various properties. The township had denied
the request, saying the report did not exist.
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Denied: Record that Department of Corrections says doesn't exist
July 14, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for a copy
of the requester's "Judgement of Sentence."
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Denied: Inmate grievance cost record that doesn't exist
July 06, 2009
Denied: An request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for
records documenting the cost of inmate
grievances, which the agency said did not exist.
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Denied: List of coinsureds which school district attested doesn't exist
June 29, 2009
Denied: A request for a list of
coinsureds with the insurance policy of the East
Stroudsburg School DIstrict, which the district
attested didn't exist. Read
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Denied: Request for township ordinance documents already provided
June 26, 2009
Denied: A request to Plumstead
Township for documents related to the adoption of
26 ordinances. The township had denied two parts
of the five-part request as failing to be
sufficiently specific, and denied the other three
parts as disruptive, saying it had provided the
requester with the same records in 2007.
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Denied: State police supervisor notations, certain radar gun memos
June 22, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for certain memos on
inaccurate radar guns, and supervisor's notations
on a specific officer. The PSP stated that the
radar gun reports requested did not exist, and
that the supervisor's notations amounted to
personnel records, which are exempt from
disclosure under the Right to Know Law.
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Denied: State police report as non-criminal investigation record
June 19, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania State Police for an accident report,
protocols for investigations and agreements with
the Philadelphia Police Deparment. The PSP had
denied the request for the accident report,
citing the exemption for noncriminal
investigative records, and did not address the
other records sought. Read
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Denied: Request for unredacted fire report by convicted arsonist
June 18, 2009
Denied: A request for unredacted
fire marshal's reports on fires at a certain
address in Philadelphia. The city had partially
granted and partially denied the request,
providing the requester with one record but
redacting personal identifying information on the
grounds that the requester had been convicted for
murder and arson in connection with the fire in
question. Read
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Denied: Search warrant times as criminal investigation records
June 15, 2009
Denied: A request for records
showing arrival and departure times of
Pennsylvania State Police officers serving a
search warrant at the requester's home on behalf
of the Attorney General's office. Read
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Denied: Tax assessment appeals documents not in district's possession
June 12, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Allentown School District for records relating to
tax assessment appeals, which although the
district did not properly address, it eventually
attested did not exist. Read
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Denied: Single contract document that doesn't exist
June 03, 2009
Denied: A request for a copy of
a contract between a vendor and the borough of
Kutztown. The borough had denied the request,
asserting that the requested document does not
exist. Read
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Denied: Inmate record that doesn't exist, investigative record
June 01, 2009
Denied: A request for the
requester's inmate records from the Department of
Corrections.
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Denied: Toll bridge construction documents that don't exist
May 29, 2009
Denied: A request for records
about the cost of constructing a glass enclosure
at a toll plaza on the ROute 1 bridge from the
Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
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Denied: More substantial minutes that do not exist
May 21, 2009
Denied: A request for a copy of
minutes from Lehigh County where the requester
believed a full record was not produced.
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Granted: Request for teacher grievance information
May 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for statistical and
financial information about litigation of
grievances filed by teaching staff in the
Blackhawk School District. 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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Denied: Coach qualifications that school says don't exist
May 08, 2009
Denied: A request to the North
Schuylkill School District for the qualifications
and credentials of weight room coaches. The
district denied the request, stating that the
records do not exist. Read
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Denied: Request for contract that city does not have
May 08, 2009
Denied: A request for a copy of
a contract between the City of Scranton and
Middle Atlantic Building Inspection Underwriters.
The city attested that no contract exists.
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Granted: Records that township refused to swear do not exist
May 08, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Newtown Township
seeking copies of sewage enforcement records and
municipal authority payments. The Office of Open
Records directed the township to either provide
the records requested or provide a sworn
statement that they do not exist, which it had
already refused to do. Read
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Granted: Request for unexecuted borough purchase order
May 07, 2009
Granted: A request to the
borough of Kutztown for a purchase order placed
on a borough agenda, but not acted on.
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Denied: Inmate records from 25 years ago that no longer exist
May 06, 2009
Denied: Request for information
from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
regarding an inmate released in 1981. The request
was for the dates and institutions where the
person was incarcerated. Some records were
provided, but the DOC responded that the rest of
the records requested did not exist. Read
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Denied: Morrisville school plan that district says doesn't exist
May 04, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Morrisville School District for a "six-point
plan" related to the future of the school
district that the school board president had
alluded to. Read
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Denied: Solicitor records that school district says don't exist
May 01, 2009
Denied: A request to the Pocono
Mountain School District for copies of records
involving a district solicitor. 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: Department of Corrections letter that doesn't exist
April 22, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of Corrections for a communication
about the requester from the State Correctional
Institution at Graterford to the Pennsylvania
Board of Probation and Parole. Read
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Granted: Request agency said it couldn't respond to
April 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Philadelphia
Authority for Industrial Development for
planning-related minutes and resolutions. The
agency had denied the request, stating that it
"possesses no public records that fit these
descriptions." 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: Minutes of Philadephia council meeting that don't exist
April 17, 2009
Denied: Minutes of a meeting of
Philadelphia City Council, which the city said do
not exist. Read
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Denied: Minutes reflecting a school board decision not made
April 15, 2009
Denied: Request for minutes
reflecting a Lakeland School District decision to
implement a policy. The district initially
responded with a form letter checked to indicate
that the record did not exist in the format
request, but later attested the school board did
not act upon a policy, as outlined in the
request. Read
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Denied: Request to put school procedures in writing
April 14, 2009
Denied: Request for specific
policies of the Bermudian Springs School District
that the district said do not exist in writing.
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Granted: Access to records potentially burdensome to retrieve
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to Penndel Borough for
records about code enforcement activity and
training received by the borough's code
enforcement officer. Read
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Denied: Recording of a meeting that was never made
April 09, 2009
Denied: A request for an audio
or video recording of the Feb. 24, 2009, meeting
of the Housing Authority of Chester County. The
agency meeting was not recorded, so the requested
record does not exist. Read
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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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Granted: $100,000 salary information from payroll records
April 08, 2009
Granted: A request to Lehigh
Carbon Community College for the name, title and
actual current salary of all college employees
with annual salaries of $100,000 or more. The
college had issued a denial, stating that the
request was for "free floating" information that
does not exist in a specific public record.
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Denied: Disciplinary report list that Dept. of State doesn't maintain
April 01, 2009
Denied: A request seeking
disciplinary reports against health providers for
failure to report drivers impaired by a medical
condition. The Bureau of Professional and
Occupational Affairs of the Department of State
told the requester it did not maintain a list of
disciplinary actions. Read
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Denied: Township oaths of office which don't exist
April 01, 2009
Denied: A request to Salem
Township for the oaths of office for the township
secretary and solicitor, a request that the
township failed to respond to properly, and was
therefore deemed denied. Read
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Denied: Tax information requiring compilation of record
March 09, 2009
Denied: Four requests seeking
two types of real estate tax information with
regard to 24 parcels in Springfield Township.
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Denied: Internet, IM logs not in existence
March 04, 2009
Denied: A request for internet
and instant message records from Wattsburg
Borough, which attested the records did not
exist. Read
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Denied: Tax forms that township says it doesn't have
March 02, 2009
Denied: Request made to
Shrewsbury Township for tax forms, based on the
township' s assertion that it does not have the
records requested. Read
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Denied: Request for statistics that don't exist
February 25, 2009
Denied: A request from Dauphin
County for a record showing the number of black
versus white defendants receiving a certain
sentence, because the record does not exist.
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Granted: Names of parking authority hearing officers
February 25, 2009
Granted: A request for the names
of two hearing officers in the Philadelphia
Parking Authority's Bureau of Administrative
Adjudication, based on provided hearing dates and
initials. Read
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Denied: Explanatory document that doesn't exist
February 23, 2009
Denied: A request for an
explanation of sewer fees. The Office of Open
Records agreed with the township that it was not
obligated to create such a document since none
existed. Read
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Denied: Records that DPW attested no longer exist
February 19, 2009
Denied: A request for records
which the state Department of Public Welfare
attested no longer existed. Read
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