The Complainant alleged that the Office failed to comply with R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-3 (e) when it extended the time respond to an APRA request without providing "good cause" to extend the time to respond.
We found that the Office had "good cause" to extend the time to respond due to several other...
The Complainant filed an APRA complaint, contending that various documents were not provided. Our review of the voluminous record determined that the Town conducted an adequate and appropriate search to find responsive records and no evidence was presented or discovered that the Town was...
The Complainant alleged that the City of Providence ("City") violated the APRA when it failed to provide responsive documents to the Complainant's APRA request. The City determined that the Complainant's APRA request asked for a "list" and "breakdown" of certain information, and the City...
The Complainant alleged the Woonsocket Police Department violated the APRA when it improperly denied his APRA request. The Complainant requested records concerning an incident where law enforcement officers were dispatched to his house, but did not concern the Complainant. This Department has...
The Complainant failed to present evidence that the public interest in disclosure outweighed the privacy interest in the disclosure of an unfounded internal affairs report relating to a specific incident. Accordingly, the requested document was exempt from public disclosure. R.I. Gen. Laws 38-2-2(
The Complainant made an APRA request to the School seeking six (6) categories of documents. The School acknowledged the APRA request and indicated that information was being gathered. Upon receipt of a records request, a public body is obligated to respond in some capacity within ten (10)...
The Complainant alleged the Town violated the APRA when it denied part of her APRA request, which sought copies of itemized invoices from two (2) law firms that were engaged to represent the Town. Based upon the evidence presented, the Town provided the Complainant with redacted copies of the...
The Complainant, a member of the Board of Examiners for Interpreters for the Deaf ("Board"), alleged various allegations, many of which were outside the purview of the OMA. With respect to the OMA, the Complaint alleged that the Board's February 12, 2014 and June 11, 2014 minutes were not timely...
The Complainant alleged the Cumberland Fire District ("CFD") violated the OMA when the agenda for one of its meeting did not include a time the meeting was to commence. The Complainant did not attend the meeting in question, nor did he attend any of the CFD's meetings. This Department sent...
The Compass School violated the OMA when it held a strategic planning session meeting on February 7, 2015, yet failed to keep written minutes in violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-7. The School violated the OMA when its agenda item for its March 25, 2015 and April 1, 2015 meetings indicated it...
