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The OOR's 2022 Annual Training will be held on November 15.
The OOR Is Soliciting Comment for the Biannual Fee Schedule Review
Click here for commonly requested records, including birth and death
certificates, and where to find them.
The OOR is hosting a “Basics of the Sunshine Act” webinar on Wednesday, November
16th at 10 a.m.

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OOR REVIEWING RTKL FEE SCHEDULE, SEEKING COMMENTS

7 NOVEMBER 2022

Section 1307 of the Right-To-Know Law requires the Office of Open Records to
establish a RTKL Fee Schedule for Commonwealth agencies and local agencies.
Section 1310 of the RTKL requires the OOR to review that fee schedule every
other year. The OOR last updated the fee schedule in 2020. Today, our biannual
review of the RTKL Fee Schedule officially begins for 2022. We … Continue
reading OOR Reviewing RTKL Fee Schedule, Seeking Comments

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TRANSPARENCY ZONE: SEPTEMBER 2022

18 OCTOBER 2022

No reasonable expectation of privacy exists for names and addresses listed on
construction permits, thus that information may not be redacted. 2022-1719 A
requester may not be prohibited from taking photographs when inspecting
electronic copies of various financial records. 2022-1626 Autopsy and toxicology
reports held by a county coroner are not protected from disclosure by … Continue
reading Transparency Zone: September 2022

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2022 AORO SURVEY DATA

19 SEPTEMBER 2022

Over the summer, we conducted a survey of Agency Open Records Officers (AOROs)
to get a sense of the volume and complexity of the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL)
requests they’ve received in 2021 and 2020. We received responses from 983 AOROs
across the state. As in recent years, roughly a third of agencies report
receiving more … Continue reading 2022 AORO Survey Data

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TRANSPARENCY ZONE: AUGUST 2022

12 SEPTEMBER 2022

Many records related to a Hepatitis A outbreak at a restaurant are protected
under the Disease Prevention and Control Law. 2022-1414 If records are presented
to a quorum of a board, an agency may not withhold the records by claiming they
reflect internal, predecisional deliberations.  2022-0923 A request for county
records related to the 2020 … Continue reading Transparency Zone: August 2022

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OOR ISSUES ADVISORY OPINION ON LIMITING RTKL REQUESTS

19 AUGUST 2022

At the request of the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, the Office of Open
Records today issued an advisory opinion regarding an agency creating a policy
limiting the number of Right-to-Know Law requests made. The advisory opinion can
be found here.

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TRANSPARENCY ZONE, JULY 2022

5 AUGUST 2022

Here are some final determinations of note from July of 2022. If a requester is
unable to access or print public records available on a website, the agency must
print and provide them. 2022-1552 Agency bank account numbers do not constitute
exempt personal identification information and agencies cannot redact them on
that basis. 2022-1227 Proposal … Continue reading Transparency Zone, July 2022

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NEW PROCESS FOR APPEALS!

27 JULY 2022

Might you be involved in a RTKL appeal? If so, we have important news to share.
Here’s the headline: Beginning August 1, 2022, all appeals involving
Commonwealth agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction, with a few exceptions,
will be processed through the E-File Appeal Portal.  This is the first of three
phases as we move ALL … Continue reading New Process for Appeals!

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VIDEO, TESTIMONY FROM SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE HEARING

23 JUNE 2022

On June 23, 2022, the OOR testified at a Senate State Government Committee
hearing regarding legislation that would amend the Right-to-Know Law. Video of
hearing OOR’s Written Testimony

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TRANSPARENCY ZONE, MAY 2022 EDITION

14 JUNE 2022

A review of some interesting final determinations from the past month.
Requesting all records from an agency will most likely be denied as
insufficiently specific request. 2022-0711 After denying a request, an agency
may change course and provide records after an appeal is filed.  2022-1032 An
agency must prove a record is protected by the Copyright … Continue reading
Transparency Zone, May 2022 Edition

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ATTENTION OPEN RECORDS OFFICERS

6 JUNE 2022

Good afternoon, happy Monday. This morning, we sent all agency open records
officers registered with our office a link to a survey. We hope that all
recipients take some time–less than five minutes–to answer the questions. They
ask basic information regarding your agency’s experiences with Right-to-Know
requests, helping inform the OOR and policy makers. We’ll … Continue reading
Attention Open Records Officers

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Docket Date Title County Status 20222461 11/07/2022 Vicki Piontek v. Mahanoy
Area School District Schuylkill Withdrawn 20222409 11/07/2022 Dennis Smiddle v.
Canon-McMillan School District Washington Dismissed: Incomplete 20222405
11/07/2022 Kelly Potteiger v. Cumberland Valley School District Cumberland
Denied 20222384 11/07/2022 William Brogan v. City of Philadelphia Fire
Department Philadelphia Dismissed: Premature 20222118 11/07/2022 Michael Durden
v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Commonwealth Denied 20222066
11/07/2022 Keith Hoffa v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Commonwealth
Denied 20222053 11/07/2022 Amy Khan v. Cumberland Valley School District
Cumberland Dismissed: Premature

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November 30, 2022, 10:00 AM Payment Issues and the Right-to-Know Law Webinar
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December 14, 2022, 10:00 AM Basics of the Right to Know Law Webinar

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