Date Posted: Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
Petitioner alleged that DELJIS improperly denied access to the request for statistics.
DECIDED: The petition was determined to be moot.
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Date Posted: Friday, January 28th, 2022
Petitioner alleged that DelDOT improperly denied access to applications for salvage certificates and the total number of applications received.
DECIDED: DelDOT violated FOIA by denying access to the entirety of the applications but did not violate FOIA by refusing access to the number of salvage certificate applications received.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council improperly denied a request for records related to a particular domestic violence case.
DECIDED: No violation of FOIA was found, as the records are protected from disclosure by statute.
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Date Posted: Friday, December 17th, 2021
Petitioners alleged several potential issues of noncompliance against the Board of Education of the Red Clay Consolidated School District, including that a Board committee improperly canceled a meeting due to the presence of a quorum of the full Board and that the Board failed to post committee meeting minutes, omitted certain discussions from meeting minutes, and failed to record committee meetings.
DECIDED: It was determined that a violation of FOIA did not occur. However, this Office noted that the two Board members’ silent observation of the committee meeting did not transform it into a Board meeting.
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Date Posted: Friday, December 10th, 2021
Petitioner alleged that in addition to other purportedly violative conduct, DelDOT improperly denied access to records responsive to his request for records related to small cell permits.
DECIDED: It was determined that DelDOT has not violated FOIA by asserting it had no responsive records to provide at the time of its response to the request. The remaining allegations are outside the purview of this Office’s authority under the FOIA statute.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the City of Wilmington did not need additional time beyond fifteen business days to fulfill the request for records.
DECIDED: As the City provided a response, the petition is considered moot.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the Delaware Department of Transportation improperly denied access to its requested records because the records were of great public concern and DelDOT improperly applied the pending or potential litigation exemption.
DECIDED: DelDOT did not violate FOIA by denying access to the requested records pursuant to the pending or potential litigation exemption.
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Date Posted: Monday, November 22nd, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the Christina School District failed to timely respond to its request for records.
DECIDED: No FOIA violation was found, as the District attempted to respond to the request within the requisite timeframe but made an inadvertent mistake in addressing the email to the petitioner. When notified, the District provided a copy of the misdirected response.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the Delaware Department of Elections improperly denied access to certain voting records and voting equipment.
DECIDED: The Office determined that the Department properly denied access to the physical equipment as equipment is not a public record subject to FOIA and the requested voting records were exempt from disclosure pursuant to 29 Del. C. 10006(o)(6).
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Date Posted: Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Petitioner alleged that the City of Wilmington improperly denied its request for records of the City’s towing contractors.
DECIDED: The City did not violate FOIA by refusing to provide records that pertain to pending litigation.
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