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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 in electronic format where redaction not secure
July 14, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board for copies of the 2008
travel expense reports for all board. The board
granted the request, but indicated that the
copying fees would be more than $2,000, which the
requesters appealed, arguing that the fee was
unnecessary as the records should be provided in
electronic format. Read
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Denied: Appeal of $1,187 fee for compiled PennDOT records
July 07, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for
compiled spreadsheets of vehicle registration
information, with specified fields, for less than
the estimated $1,187.50 fee. Read
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Denied: Access to fragile 40-year-old minute books
July 02, 2009
Denied: A request seeking access
to the borough of Baden's original minute books
for 1955 and 1956. Read
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Granted: PennDOT vehicle records not easy to produce
June 08, 2009
Granted: A request for certain
salvage and towing information filed with the
Department of Transportation. Read
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Denied: Appeal of $2,000 fee for real estate GIS dataset
May 28, 2009
Denied: A request for real
estate property tax information in a specialized
geographic information system (GIS)-based file,
where Lycoming County granted the request but
required payment of $2,000 for the database.
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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: Request for names of recipients of PEMA goods/services
April 17, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for the
names of those receiving equipment and services
purchased with Homeland Security grant funds from
2005-2008. Read
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Granted: Access for requester to inspect and copy
April 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Department of
Corrections for records about claims and
settlements, which the DOC granted but required
prepayment of an estimated $8,750. Read
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Denied: Labor & Industry appropriately responded to request
March 19, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for records related to
the employment of statisticians by the Department
of Labor & Industry. Read
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Granted/Reversed: Printouts of tax lien information
March 13, 2009
Granted/Reversed: A request for
printouts of current tax year and lien
information for two Aston Township properties.
The Office of Open Records' determination in this
case was reversed by the court,
which ruled that the Township was under no
obligation to create the record sought.
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Denied: Electronic school plans from architect
March 12, 2009
Denied: A request to obtain an
electronic copy of proposed school plans from an
architect contracted by the Unionville-Chadds
Ford School District. Read
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Denied: Access to PennDOT electronic document system
February 20, 2009
Denied: A request for access to
a non-public area of the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation's electronic document
management system. Read
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