Dismissed: Appeal after Dept. of Corrections provided information sought
July 02, 2009 Filed in: Dismissed
| Dept. of
Corrections
Dismissed as moot: An appeal
over records requested from the Pennsylvania
Department of Corrections, after the request was
clarified and the records were provided.
From
the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information
Coalition
Dismissed as moot: An appeal over records requested from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, after the request was clarified and the records were provided.
The requester's original request was perceived by the Department of Corrections to be for a copy of proprietary material cited in footnotes to department policy and published in an American Correctional Association publication called "Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions."
The requester appealed to the Office of Open Records, contending that the information he sought was public information, and clarifying that all he wanted was the section of policy that details "how many times a year can an inmate exchange his undergarments e.g. T-shirts, boxers/briefs, socks, and how many pairs of each is he entitled to exchange and receive."
The DOC, while continuing to maintain its position that citations from the privately published book would be proprietary information and not public record, acknowledged that what the requester was seeking was a portion of an inmate handbook supplement, that it provided to him at no charge.
The OOR thus dismissed the case as moot:
"The Office of Open Records acknowledges the DOC’s efforts to minimize the citizen’s efforts to obtain the information sought and willingness to provide the records more specifically delineated on appeal, resulting in true economy of governmental resources."
Blasko vs. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections -- AP 2009-0480
Dismissed as moot: An appeal over records requested from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, after the request was clarified and the records were provided.
The requester's original request was perceived by the Department of Corrections to be for a copy of proprietary material cited in footnotes to department policy and published in an American Correctional Association publication called "Standards for Adult Correctional Institutions."
The requester appealed to the Office of Open Records, contending that the information he sought was public information, and clarifying that all he wanted was the section of policy that details "how many times a year can an inmate exchange his undergarments e.g. T-shirts, boxers/briefs, socks, and how many pairs of each is he entitled to exchange and receive."
The DOC, while continuing to maintain its position that citations from the privately published book would be proprietary information and not public record, acknowledged that what the requester was seeking was a portion of an inmate handbook supplement, that it provided to him at no charge.
The OOR thus dismissed the case as moot:
"The Office of Open Records acknowledges the DOC’s efforts to minimize the citizen’s efforts to obtain the information sought and willingness to provide the records more specifically delineated on appeal, resulting in true economy of governmental resources."
Blasko vs. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections -- AP 2009-0480