Washington, DC

Summary:

Request for records reflecting communications involving MPD, other state or municipal representatives, and/or private consultants regarding Occupy Wall Street movement and Occupy encampments in cities and countries. The deliberative process privilege applied as disclosure of predecisional, deliberative communications would have a chilling effect on agency communications. Agency ordered to review the records for purely factual material and for any post-decisional documents that would not be exempt by the deliberative process.
Exemption/Issue:
D.C. Official Code § 2-534(a)(4)(deliberative process privilege)
Disposition:
Moot in part, upheld in part, and reversed and remanded in part