25-IB59 12/04/2025 FOIA Opinion Letter to Maggie Reynolds re: City of Dover
Petitioner alleged that the City of Dover improperly denied access to the requested communications pursuant to the potential litigation exemption.
DECIDED: As the City did not meet its burden of demonstrating the requested records were exempt under FOIA, it was determined that the City violated FOIA in denying access to the requested records.
Read More25-IB58 12/02/2025 FOIA Opinion Letter to Karen Miller re: Town of Greenwood
Petitioner made multiple allegations regarding FOIA requests submitted to the Town of Greenwood.
DECIDED: As FOIA only guarantees access to public records to citizens of the State, the Town did not violate FOIA in responding to these requests.
Read More25-IB57 12/01/2025 FOIA Opinion Letter to Sherry Pearson re: Town of Greenwood
Petitioner alleged that the Town of Greenwood violated FOIA by : (1) failing to timely respond to several FOIA requests; (2) providing inaccurate responses and noting some were incomplete; (3) failing to redact the personal information of the requesting parties from the Town’s FOIA log when it produced the log to a separate requesting party; and (4) failing to properly train its FOIA coordinator.
DECIDED: The Town violated FOIA by failing to meet its burden regarding the completeness of its responses to two requests. The remainder of the claims do not constitute violations of FOIA.
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