The emails were obtained by the Energy and Policy Institute via a series
of public records requests to Ohio House Majority Floor Leader Bill Seitz and other state legislators involved in campaigns to roll back Ohio's renewable energy and energy efficiency standards, as well as bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants.
by April McCullum Burlington Free Press A lawyer at the Vermont Attorney General's Office is claiming a broad exemption from transparency laws to defend the denial
of a public records request.
Not exact matches
Waymo said it made a
public records request to the Nevada Governor's Office
of Economic Development and Department
of Motor Vehicles earlier this month.
The company famous for its innovative design experienced at least two incidents
of men walking into glass and causing injuries serious enough to warrant calls for local emergency services in the early days
of its new «spaceship» campus, according to documents MarketWatch obtained via a
public -
records request.
Chinese - language reports in Hong Kong in March said the Securities and Futures Commission, the main stock market regulator, had
requested the trading
records of Meitu from local stockbrokers on three occasions since December, when it raised $ 629 million in an initial
public offering.
To then verify its suspicions, Waymo filed a
public records request to the Nevada Governor's Office
of Economic Development and Department
of Motor Vehicles in February for Otto's communications with the departments.
Cruz
requested a Bible, according to jail
records released by the Broward Sheriff's Office, but it was denied because
of the suicide watch, the
public defender said.
According to Deadspin, MSU is reportedly suing ESPN in an attempt to withhold a portion
of sexual assault reports, filed by university police, from a
public records request.
SI's
request to see the dash - cam footage was also declined; the police department, citing a North Carolina law, said that «
records of criminal investigations conducted by
public law enforcement agencies... are not
public records.»
The university, in response to a
public records request, released depositions
of both Ashton and FSU Coach Jimbo Fisher late Wednesday.
His complaint accuses the Park District
of discussing matters
of public record in executive session, not properly posting notice
of meetings and not being able to produce documents
requested under the Freedom
of Information Act.
Last year, I was poking around on a possible story and filed some
public records requests that sought emails from Director
of State Operations Howard Glaser, a top Cuomo adviser.
Listening to FOIL: Using FOIL
Requests To Guide Agency Open Data Efforts Case Study: An analysis
of NYS DEC FOIL Logs The advent
of the Internet and inexpensive information technology have created enormous opportunities for proactively disclosing
public records and digital information or «data.»
In 2007, executives from the insurance giant AIG filed a
public records request with the Office
of the Attorney General, seeking, among other things, former Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's communications with the press from the period when he had sued the insurance giant.
Republican New York City mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotakis filed a
public records request demanding the city release documents detailing the amount spent on de Blasio's out
of state trips — including his recent visit to Germany to lead a G - 20 summit protest.
The agency denied a Times Union
public records request for the document, arguing its release could «impair imminent contract awards,» endanger «life and safety» and compromise the state's ability to «guarantee the security
of its information technology assets.»
Under the provisions
of the New York Freedom
of Information Law, Article 6
of the
Public Officers Law, I hereby
request records or portions thereof pertaining to Putnam County's pistol permit database.
New York City mayoral hopeful Nicole Malliotakis filed a
public records request on Wednesday demanding the city release documents detailing the amount spent on Mayor Bill de Blasio's out
of state trips — including his recent visit to Germany to lead a G - 20 summit protest.
«I am the first
public information officer in history to be sanctioned for releasing
public records in response to a media
request and at the specific direction
of the governor,» he told the Times.
We obtained the Times»
request, and the response
of the governor's office, through our own
public records request.
The Empire Center for New York State Policy had
requested the information through a Freedom
of Information Law
request in order to update its
public records website seethroughny.net.
The FOIL — which gives members
of the
public the legal right to access government documents and
records — was filed after the officials said the city rebuffed their «repeated
requests» for financial information in the past.
The department will also revise its website to include a list
of records it maintains and links to the state Committee on Open Government website and relevant provisions
of the state
Public Officers Law, and will produce a memorandum to «set forth procedures for receiving and responding» to Freedom
of Information
requests and appeals and providing electronic versions
of records.
Much like how they've refused to grant interviews, the Cuomo administration has also dragged its feet in providing
public records we
requested under the state Freedom
of Information Law.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan
of Washington came in a lawsuit over
public records brought by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal watchdog group, regarding its May 2013
request for information about the employment arrangement
of Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide.
In response to ESD's repeated delays and denials
of Freedom
of Information Law (FOIL)
requests, Reclaim New York (Reclaim) filed a lawsuit today in State Supreme Court against New York State's lead economic development agency to obtain
public records related to how the agency spent $ 246.5 million on advertising initiatives.
The Rockland County Times has confirmed that the Journal News daily newspaper has
requested from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties a complete list
of gun owners who did not file «opt out» papers exempting themselves from pistol permit
public records.
Heaney cites numerous examples
of officials refusing interview
requests and delaying the release
of public records.
The database already includes
public payroll information, school contracts and other
public records accessible by freedom
of information
requests.
Because the
records obtained by Newsday indicated that Mangano vacationed with Singh during the summer, the newspaper
requested Mangano's
public calendar for each July and August
of 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Mangano's
public calendar, which was provided to Newsday in response to a Freedom
of Information Law
request, is redacted on certain days, including portions
of July and August 2012 and 2013, when the
records show he would be vacationing at Singh's expense.
BY DYLAN SKRILOFF The Rockland County Times has confirmed that the Journal News daily newspaper has
requested from Putnam, Rockland and Westchester Counties a complete list
of gun owners who did not file «opt out» papers exempting themselves from pistol permit
public records.
All settlements reached in lawsuits involving Erie County are a matter
of public record and are subject to the Freedom
of Information Act, so the information is available to anyone who
requests it and settlements are not confidential or secret;
Early on, Reclaim filed some
public records requests with the assistance
of Denise Cattoni, founder
of the Illinois Tea Party.
Critics
of Greco and Inlaw — who did not immediately respond to
requests for comment Thursday night — said that while the candidates had similar platforms to Hoylman, they had less
of a
public record than him.
The importance
of this statutory prohibition in the SAFE Act is to allow gun permit holders and applicants for licenses to have a fair opportunity to
request an exemption from the release
of their names and addresses from the application before it becomes a
public record.
The group says it has filed 2,500
public records requests with government agencies across the state, including tiny villages and school districts, asking for their «checkbooks» —
records of all expenditures in a given year.
At a rate
of up to $ 275 per hour, the firm's work included drafting the mayor's responses to reporters» questions, vetting
requests for
public records, summarizing news reports and radio talk shows, attending and monitoring
public meetings and coordinating the village's dissemination
of information to residents.
Most documents
recorded or filed in the Erie County Clerk's Office are
public documents and you may obtain copies
of the
record simply by making a
request to the Clerk's Office.
UC Berkeley has now released the text
of that report, following
public records requests from a number
of publications.
In all, 16
public affairs people in various agencies wrote a total
of 110 pages
of e-mails, according to
records acquired through a freedom
of information
request by the enterprising and presumably fairly frustrated reporter.
In order to make Freedom
of Information Law (FOIL)
requests to SUNY Downstate Medical Center pursuant to New York State
Public Officers Law, you may submit a written
request describing the material to the
Records Access Officer in one
of the following ways:
Within days
of the AP report, Anderson's group, which had obtained the federal report through a
public records request, dispatched a notice
of intent to sue.
Through a
public records request, we've obtained a copy
of the letter — which lists a host
of problems in the studies, ranging from enrolling ineligible patients, not informing families
of the risks associated with the studies, and skipping tests intended to minimize the risks associated with lithium.
Data from Orange County
Public Schools and from the state
of Florida, obtained through
records requests, was used to measure dropouts, withdrawals, and graduation rates in Orlando and throughout Florida.
They will have a variety
of people to choose from, The Associated Press has learned through
public records requests and interviews with people expected to apply.
Kobielus wrote that Czaja has ignored «her constitutional obligation» to vote for the educational policies her constituents support which led to her group filing an open
records request to reveal the «massive number
of emails, letters and phone calls made to Rep. Czaja in support
of fair funding for
public schools and opposed to vouchers.»
If the FOIA Coordinator denies a
request, the FOIA Coordinator will explain the reasons for denying the
request, that is, either the
public record is exempt from disclosure or the
public record does not exist and will inform the
requesting party
of the right to appeal the denial to the Webberville Community Schools Board or seek judicial review.
The FOIA Coordinator will respond within five (5) business days to a written
request for a
public document or
record under the Freedom
of Information Act in one
of the following ways:
Requires the former
public school or private school to perform a transfer
of the pupil's permanent
record or copy
of it no later than 10 school days, as defined, following the date the
request is received.