25-IB38 7/31/25 FOIA Opinion Letter to Stephanie Stranick re: Delaware State Police, Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Petitioner alleged that the Delaware State Police, Department of Safety and Homeland Security (“DSP”) violated FOIA by denying a request for police reports, service call summaries, and related records for a certain residential property and community.
DECIDED: As the records were exempt under the investigatory files exemption, the DSP did not violate FOIA by denying access to these records.
Read More25-IB37 7/29/25 FOIA Opinion Letter to Shannon Marvel McNaught re: Indian River School District
Petitioner alleged that the Indian River School District improperly redacted parent names from the settlement agreements it produced in response to the petitioner’s FOIA request.
DECIDED: The District did not violate FOIA by making these redactions.
Read More25-IB36 7/22/25 FOIA Opinion Letter to Xerxes Wilson re: Office of the Governor
Petitioner alleged that the Office of the Governor improperly withheld and redacted records in its production of responsive records.
DECIDED: As the Governor’s Office satisfied its burden of justifying its denial of access to the requested records pursuant to the attorney-client privilege, executive privilege, and the exemption for legislative emails in Section 10002(o)(16), no such violation was found.
Read More25-IB35 7/08/25 FOIA Opinion Letter to Jennifer Pawloski re: Delaware Center for the Inland Bays
Petitioner alleged that the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays violated FOIA by failing to maintain an online portal and designated FOIA Coordinator, deficient meeting agendas, untimely posting of meeting agendas and meeting minutes, failing to allow public comment during open meetings, and delayed or deficient responses to records requests.
DECIDED: DCIB violated FOIA by failing to timely respond to one of Petitioner’s records requests, failing to maintain an online portal and designated FOIA Coordinator, untimely and deficient meeting agendas, and failing to allow public comment during open meetings. DCIB did not violate FOIA when it sought multiple extensions of time to respond to one of Petitioner’s records requests or when it delayed posting certain meeting minutes until approved.
25-IB34 7/02/25 FOIA Opinion Letter to Douglas Stewart re: Smyrna School District
Petitioner alleged that the Smyrna School District violated FOIA in responding to two requests and requested that this Office provide oversight of a third request that was recently filed.
DECIDED: The District did not violate FOIA, as alleged, in responding to the first FOIA request. However, the District’s affidavit failed to meet the burden of demonstrating that it conducted a sufficient search for records in response to the second request. This Office lacks the authority to provide oversight of the District’s processing of the third request, and this oversight request was declined.
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