Advisory Opinions

FOIA Advisory Opinion OAH

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Mon 01, 2020
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Advisory Opinion regarding Office of Administrative Hearings' partial compliance with D.C. FOIA’s requirement to make Final Orders publicly available on the internet.

OOG's 2016 Advisory Opinion on DCRA's Compliance

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Thu 09, 2019
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This opinion letter is an update to the OOG's 2016 Advisory opinion regarding whether the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA)

Memorandum to Admininstrative Points of Contact

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Fri 06, 2019
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The purpose of this memorandum is to inform you of recent changes to the regulations concerning open meetings.

#0004_11.15.18_FOIA AO Application of FOIA to Public Charter Schools

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Thu 05, 2019
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The application of FOIA to Local Education Agencies and District of Columbia Public Charter Schools (PCS); and Whether PCS are private contractors that perform a public function, whose records thro

OOG-0003_10.31.18_FOIA AO What notifications, if any, does FOIA require an agency, specifically MPD, to provide a requester when: (1) it invokes an extension to dispatch a determination to a FOIA request for body-worn camera recordings and (2) when no det

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Thu 02, 2019
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What notifications, if any, does FOIA require an agency, specifically MPD, to provide a requester when: (1) it invokes an extension to dispatch a determination to a FOIA request for body-worn camer

OOG-0004_12.11.18_FOIA AO Whether the PSC may withhold records requested under FOIA as exempt from disclosure, under D.C. Official Code § 2-534(e).

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Thu 01, 2019
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Whether the PSC may withhold records requested under FOIA as exempt from disclosure, under D.C. Official Code § 2-534(e).

OOG-0002_8.23.18_FOIA AO Whether it is appropriate for the OUC to require of a requester to present valid identification to: (1) submit a FOIA request for 911 audio recording for police assistance when the requester is the caller (firs-t party request);

  • Posted by wkittab
  • Thu 11, 2018
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Whether it is appropriate for the OUC  to require of a requester to  present valid identification to: (1) submit a FOIA request for 911 audio recording for police assistance when the requester is t

OOG-0001_1.04.18_FOIA AO Whether it is consistent with FOIA for the MPD to require requesters of certain records about themselves (first-party request) to attach to the request proof of their identity at the time of the submission; and that attorneys maki

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Mon 07, 2018
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Whether it is consistent with FOIA for the MPD to require requesters of certain records about themselves (first-party request) to attach to the request proof of their identity at the time of the su

Zoning Commission letter wherein the OOG opines that the OMA does not authorize a public body to meet in a stand-alone closed/executive session

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Thu 01, 2018
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 Zoning Commission letter wherein the  OOG opines that the OMA  does not authorize a public body to meet in a stand-alone closed/executive session.

OOG-0006_8.28.17_FOIA AO Whether an agency may require the requester to pay fees associated with a FOIA request where: the agency fails to provide an estimate of cost; cost exceeds what the requester said they would pay; pay for future requests in advance

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Wed 12, 2017
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Whether the Office of Tenant Advocate (OTA) may require that  a requester: (1) pay fees associated with a FOIA request where the OTA acknowledged but failed to honor your request to provide the req

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