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Request for records related to a building permit. The appeal was dismissed as moot because DCRA disclosed responsive records while the appeal was pending.
Request for records related to blood lead levels of certain individuals. The appeal was dismissed as moot because DOEE disclosed responsive records while the appeal was pending.
Request for records related to a detention by the MPD on July 30, 2015. MPD’s decision was remanded for excessive redaction beyond what was necessary to protect personal privacy and improper use of a Glomar response.
Request for records related to housing vouchers and credits. DCHA’s decision was affirmed on the basis of personal privacy.
Request for records related to a building permit. In response to the appeal, DCRA revised its position by re-sending a reformatted document that was previously illegible and removing redactions made to a document. DCRA’s decision was remanded further based on its affirmative duty to...
Building a Safer, Stronger DC: Community Conversations on Public Safety and the Selection Process for the Chief of Police
Request for records related to health insurance contracts. DISB’s response was remanded for performing an inadequate search based on the definition of the “public record.”
Request for records from DC Superior Court. The appeal was dismissed based on lack of jurisdiction.
Request for 911 calls that resulted in a specific police dispatch. OUC’s position was that it conducted a search and the record retrieved was not responsive. The decision was remanded because the language of the request was sufficiently written. OUC’s position that the record...
Request for records related to the licensure of a physician. The appeal, based on the adequacy of DOH’s search, was dismissed as moot because DOH found responsive records while the appeal was pending.