The Complainant alleged the Town violated the APRA when it denied her request for emails between the Town Council President and Town Manager and when its denial failed to articulate its APRA appeal procedures. Based on our in camera review, we found the Town did not violate the APRA when it...

The Complainant alleged the School District violated the APRA by failing to respond to her requests within ten (10) business days, and also took issue with the sufficiency of the documents provided by the School District. Because no evidence was presented that the School District responded to the...

Complainant alleged that the Westerly Town Council ("Town Council") violated the OMA at its September 17, 2018 meeting by discussing and taking action during executive session on two (2) topics not sufficiently specified in the pertinent agenda items and by failing to disclose a vote taken in...

The Complainants alleged that the Narragansett Town Council ("Council") violated the OMA when it discussed, conducted interviews, negotiated the contract, and selected the new Town Manager in a series of eight (8) executive session meetings. Based on this Office's in camera review of the executive...

Complainant alleged that the School Committee violated the OMA by improperly entering executive session pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(2), which permits a public body to hold a meeting closed for "[s]essions pertaining to collective bargaining or litigation, or work sessions pertaining to...

The Complainant alleged that the Air Services Development Corporation (ASDC) violated the APRA by failing to respond to parts of his APRA request. The ASDC acknowledged that it could not produce evidence confirming that it had timely responded to Complainant's request, but made the undisputed...

The Complainant alleged that the Exeter West Greenwich Regional School Committee violated the OMA by improperly convening into executive session during its June 28, 2018 meeting. The undisputed evidence established that the School Committee convened into executive session pursuant to R.I. Gen....

The Complainant alleged that the Exeter West Greenwich Regional School Committee violated the OMA when it asked him to leave prior to the start of the June 26, 2018 School Committee meeting. The School Committee noted that an executive session was scheduled to take place at the start of the meeting,

Complainant alleged that the Fire District committed various violations of the OMA in connection with multiple meetings. This Office declined to review allegations that were submitted to this Office after the statute of limitations expired as to those meetings. This Office determined that the...

The Complainant alleged that the Western Coventry Fire District violated the OMA when an executive session agenda item for its April 18, 2019 meeting failed to sufficiently specify the nature of the business to be discussed and when the April 18, 2019 meeting minutes related to that item failed to...