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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioner 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.
Read MorePetitioners 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.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that a meeting and intended future meetings among University of Delaware staff and City of Newark staff, including the City Manager, constituted a meeting as defined by FOIA which was not properly noticed in accordance with FOIA. DECIDED: The gathering did not constitute a meeting of a public body. No FOIA violation found.
Read MorePetitioner alleged that a press conference constituted a meeting as defined by FOIA and was not properly noticed in accordance with FOIA. DECIDED: The press conference attended by a quorum of the Council, but during which there was no discussion among the Council members regarding public business, did not constitute a meeting of the Council. No FOIA violation found.
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