The Complainant alleged the Woonsocket City Council ("City Council") violated the OMA during its May 4, 2015 meeting when, under the agenda item "Good and Welfare," members of the City Council began discussing him, yet that topic was not properly advertised. The OMA requires all public bodies...
Insufficient evidence was presented that the Complainant was aggrieved by the allegedly deficient public notice. Accordingly, pursuant to Graziano v. Rhode Island Lottery Commission, 810 A.2d 215 (R.I. 2002), the Complainant lacked standing to object to the notice. See to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-...
Complainant submitted a forty-nine (49) question "Fire Survey" to the Block Island Volunteer Fire Department ("Fire Department"). Upon receiving no response, Complainant filed an APRA complaint with this Department alleging that the Fire Department violated the APRA when it failed to respond to...
Complainant filed an APRA complaint alleging that the Fire District violated the APRA when it failed to respond to a "Fire Survey." This issue was addressed in Block v. Block Island Volunteer Fire Department, PR 15-45, wherein we concluded that the Fire Department did not violate the APRA...
Complainant filed complaint against the Fire District alleging that the Fire District violated the APRA when it failed to respond to Complainant's "Fire Survey." This issue was addressed in Block v. Block Island Volunteer Fire Department, PR 15-45, wherein we concluded that the Fire Department...
On October 10, 2014, an attorney submitted an APRA request to the City of Pawtucket ("City"). Pursuant to that request, some documents were provided and other documents were denied. Thereafter, the attorney, acting on behalf of his client, filed an APRA complaint alleging that the City's denial...
The Department of Public Safety did not violate the APRA when it did not provide copies of incident reports relating its investigation into a particularly identifiable individual concerning allegations of child pornography. Considering the totality of the circumstances, the disclosure "could...
The Department of Health and Office of Drinking Water Quality ("DOH" and "DWQ") violated that APRA when it failed to timely respond to the Complainant's APRA request dated April 2, 2014. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7. We have concerns whether the DOH and DWQ's violation amount to a "knowing and...
The DPS violated the APRA when it failed to provide redacted documents responsive to the Town's APRA request. The Town sought documents concerning a particular investigation but the DPS denied the request indicating that the disclosure "could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted...
The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA by not responding to a July 2, 2014 APRA request, but the evidence established, and the Complainant acknowledged, that he had never made a July 2, 2014 APRA request to the Town. Accordingly, this Department found no violation.
