Publications
Summary: Request for records related to the District’s Empowering Males of Color initiative. DCPS’s response produced several documents in full, but other documents were redacted or withheld in their entirety based on personal privacy, deliberative process, attorney-client privilege, or as…
Summary: Request for records related to a death report. MPD asserted that is was not aware of the request until the appeal was filed. The appeal was dismissed as moot because MPD agreed to respond to the request.
Summary: Request for records related to Verizon Washington, DC Inc. PSC’s response disclosed several documents, but other documents were redacted or withheld based on deliberative process or as commercial and financial information obtained from outside the government. PSC’s application of the…
Summary: Request for records used to process a claim related to a death. The appeal, based on the lack of ORM’s response, was dismissed as moot because ORM was not aware of the request. ORM was ordered to process and respond to the request.
Summary: Request for records related to emergency mental health observation and diagnosis. DBH’s denial was upheld on the basis of personal privacy, the District of Columbia’s Mental Health Information Act (MHIA), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Identifying…
Summary: Request for records related to a hotel project in Adams Morgan. The appeal was dismissed as moot because DCRA responded to the request after the appeal was filed.
Summary: Request for records related to withdrawals, suspensions, and expulsions at schools administered by OSSE. OSSE’s response was affirmed in part regarding the adequacy of its search for responsive records. OSSE’s response was remanded in part to consider if its disclosure could be provided…
Summary: Request for surveillance video from a correctional facility. DOC’s response was upheld on the basis that responsive records no longer existed.
Summary: Request for records related to traffic speed cameras. After the appeal was filed, MPD offered an explanation for its delayed response and stated that it would process the request. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed as moot.
Summary: Request for records related to parking data. DDOT’s response was upheld on the basis that it conducted an adequate search and no responsive records were found.