The RISE/Mayoral Academy ("Academy") violated the APRA when it failed to respond to the Complainant's APRA request. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7. This Department assumed, without deciding, that the Academy is subject to the APRA and nothing within the finding bars the Academy from raising this...

The Complainant alleged the SMRAC violated the APRA when it failed to respond to its APRA request dated May 15, 2015. During the pendency of this matter, the SMRAC filed a Petition for a Writ of Mandamus in the Rhode Island Superior Court against the Town. The Town answered the Petition and...

The Complainants alleged the School Committee convened into executive session pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-5(a)(2) to discuss potential litigation, yet the School Committee also discussed "the extra paycheck for 2013-14." Based upon the evidence presented, it did not appear that the School...

The Complainant alleged the City Council violated the OMA during one of its meetings when a quorum of the members met just prior to the start of the meeting to discuss a matter over which the City Council had supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power. R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-2(a). ...

The Complainant alleged that the Town violated the APRA when it failed to include all documents responsive to her APRA request dated March 30, 2015. The APRA states that, unless exempt, all records maintained by any public body shall be public records and every person shall have the right to...

The Governor's Office violated the APRA when it provided the Complainant with one avenue for appeal, but omitted the other options for appeal. R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-8(a). The Governor's Office did not violate the APRA when it failed to provide the Complainant the basis for its waiver denial. ...

All APRA requests sought two oral reports ("Reports"), which were presented to the School Committee in executive session and concerned the School Committee's review of the handling of accusations of inappropriate conduct. The APRA exempts from public disclosure "[a]ll investigatory records of...

Complainant alleged that the Committee violated the OMA when the agenda for the Committee's January 6, 2016, meeting failed to adequately state the nature of the business to be discussed, in violation of R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-46-6(b). At the January 6, 2016 meeting, the Committee discussed and...

The Complainant alleged the DOH violated the APRA when it refused to provide records responsive to its APRA request seeking a copy of the Intoxilyzer I-9000 Training Manual. Among the twenty-seven (27) exceptions to the APRA is R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-2(4)(B), which exempts from public disclosure, "[

Complainant alleged that the Fire District violated the APRA when: 1) it failed to comply with this Department's "Decision and Order" in MacDougall v. Quonochontaug, PR 13 – 17; OM 13-24; 2) when it failed to properly respond to certain portions of his January 18, 2014 APRA request; and 3) when...