The Nasonville Fire Department/District ("Department/District") violated the APRA when it failed to timely respond to Complainant's APRA request dated January 15, 2014. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7. The Department/District was allowed ten (10) business days to provide a response explaining why...

The Charlestown Planning Commission ("Commission") violated the OMA during its May 7, 2014 meeting when it took a secret "preliminary" paper vote. The Commission also violated the OMA when the minutes failed to include a record by individual members of any votes taken regarding this "preliminary"...

Complainant alleged that the Department of Public Safety ("DPS") violated the Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") when it: 1) denied a February 21, 2014 APRA request seeking a Bureau of Criminal Identification ("BCI") record for a particular individual; 2) that the DPS violated R.I. Gen. Laws §...

Complainant alleged numerous Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") violations against the Department of Public Safety ("DPS"). Based on the evidence presented, this Department found that: 1) Since Complainant granted DPS's telephonic request for an extension, he is estopped from complaining that...

Complainant alleged that the Town of Johnston ("Town") violated the Access to Public Records Act ("APRA") when it estimated an unreasonable amount of time searching and retrieving records responsive to his request. Complainant also alleged that the documents received were not responsive. Based...

The Complainant alleged the Town violated the APRA when it failed to respond to his June 20, 2014 APRA request. The Town Administrator's sworn affidavit submitted in response to the complaint indicated that a response was mailed to the Complainant via first-class mail on June 24, 2014. The...

The School Committee violated the OMA during its February 11, 2014 executive session meeting when most of the approximately fifty minutes did not involve the seeking or obtaining legal advice on either the interim superintendent or the interpretation of a personnel contract. Even though the...

The Town violated the APRA when it failed to timely respond to the Complainant's APRA request. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 38-2-7(a). The Town was allowed ten (10) business days to provide a response explaining why this Department should not find the violation knowing, willful, or alternatively,...

The undisputed facts revealed that the Complainant made an APRA request to the City of Providence (the "City") on March 30, 2014 via email. It was further undisputed that the Complainant received no response until on or about May 22, 2014, after the Complainant called the City on May 20, 2014 to...

The General Treasurer's Office did not violate the APRA when it redacted certain financial and commercial information from Cliffwater, LLC Due Diligence Reports. The Due Diligence Reports were created prior to the State of Rhode Island's investment in the respective hedge funds, and therefore,...