Date Posted: Friday, April 13th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the State Bank Commissioner violated FOIA by denying his request for records on the basis that neither he nor the company on whose behalf he requested the records is a citizen of Delaware. DECIDED: No FOIA violation was found, as Delaware’s FOIA does not prohibit a public body from denying a FOIA request on the basis that the requesting party is not a Delaware citizen.
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Date Posted: Friday, April 13th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Town of Dewey Beach had violated FOIA by failing to provide an amendment to an insurance policy in response to a FOIA request for the policy. DECIDED: The petition was determined to be moot because the Town provided the requested record after receiving notice of the petition and locating the policy amendment at issue.
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Date Posted: Friday, March 16th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Wilmington Police Department failed to provide a response to what petitioner referred to as his FOIA request. The City responded that it had not received the request. DECIDED: No FOIA violation.
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Date Posted: Friday, March 16th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Trustees of the New Castle Commons violated FOIA by denying its FOIA request on the basis that the Trustees believes that it is not a public body subject to FOIA. DECIDED: This Office believes that the Trustees is a public body subject to FOIA and thus violated FOIA by failing to respond as required by FOIA.
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Date Posted: Monday, March 12th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Town of Dewey Beach violated FOIA by failing to provide certain policy changes in response to a FOIA request for the Town’s current insurance policy. The Town responded that it had inadvertently omitted certain policy changes and provided a copy of the changes in response to the petition. DECIDED: The petition was deemed to be moot.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Department of Insurance violated FOIA by denying her request for certain records relating to her employment. DECIDED: No FOIA violation, as the records are personnel records and therefore not public records as defined by FOIA. Any entitlement that Petitioner might have in the requested records would be outside the scope of FOIA.
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Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that Delaware Transit Corporation did not provide a timely response to his FOIA request. DECIDED: No FOIA violation found, as DelDOT responded on behalf of itself and DTC, a division of DelDOT.
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Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6th, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the Laurel Police Department did not provide a timely response to his FOIA request. DECIDED: No FOIA violation, as the response was hand-delivered within 15 business days.
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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Petitioner alleged that the County improperly denied his requests for records regarding the creation of a position. DECIDED: No FOIA violation for failing to provide an index of records withheld. The DOJ was unable to determine whether the records are exempted from FOIA’s definition from public records, as the matter is best addressed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 13th, 2018
Petitioners alleged that the Town of Dewey Beach agendas for February 2 and 9, 2018 failed to properly notice matters to be discussed in executive sessions. DECIDED: No FOIA violation.
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