Petitioner alleged that the Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation (“FDRPC”) violated FOIA by improperly denying the request for the minutes of a certain Finance Committee meeting.
DECIDED: The FDRPC violated FOIA by failing to meet its burden to justify denial of access to the requested minutes.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the City of Harrington violated FOIA by failing to respond to the request within fifteen business days.
DECIDED: No violation of FOIA was found.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Childhood Lead Poisoning Committee and its subcommittees, which are administratively supported by the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, failed to meet their obligations to maintain and post minutes for certain Committee and subcommittee meetings.
DECIDED: The Childhood Lead Poisoning Committee and its subcommittees violated FOIA.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Caesar Rodney School District Board of Education violated FOIA by precluding her from providing public comment at the July 26, 2022 Board meeting and by improperly noticing the change to the start time of the April 12, 2022 Board meeting.
DECIDED: It was determined that the Board violated FOIA by failing to meet its burden to demonstrate that the rescheduled April 12, 2022 meeting was properly noticed, but the allegations about the public comment period at the July 26, 2022 meeting did not constitute a violation of FOIA.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that DelDOT improperly denied its request for records under the potential litigation exemption.
DECIDED: DelDOT has not met its burden of demonstrating that the potential litigation exemption applies to the entirety of this request.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Delaware Auditor of Accounts violated FOIA with regard to a records request and failed to meet the 15 business day statutory deadline.
DECIDED: The petition is now moot because the Delaware Auditor of Accounts provided an affidavit response to the request.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Town violated FOIA by considering and voting on certain items at the meeting without proper notice on the agenda.
DECIDED: The Town violated the open meeting requirements by failing to justify its decision to discuss employee bonuses and raises in private and by failing to provide any notice on the June 13, 2022 meeting agenda of employee bonuses, employee raises, or the water line extension project discussed and voted on at its Council meeting.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the spreadsheet produced in response to her FOIA request was incomplete and she could not reasonably be expected to interpret the data.
DECIDED: No FOIA violation occurred. FOIA does not require a public body to create a new record or to interpret any provided data in response to a request.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that the Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee violated FOIA by holding a virtual meeting without an anchor location, voting outside the meeting, and removing her from the latter portion of this virtual meeting.
DECIDED: The majority of the Petition’s allegations are not appropriate for resolution. However, the Committee did not violate FOIA by holding a virtual meeting without an anchor location.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that DelDOT improperly denied his request under the pending or potential litigation exemption.
DECIDED: No FOIA violation occurred as alleged.
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