FOIA Advisory Opinions

OCTO's FOIA Portal's Compliance with DC FOIA Law (#OOG-2021-008-M)

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Fri 02, 2022
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The Office of Open Government (OOG) released an Advisory Opinion (AO), on February 17, 2022, regarding the Office of the Chief Technology Officer's (OCTO) Online FOIA Portal, known as "FOIAXpress."

UDC FOIA Advisory Opinion (Privacy Exemption)

  • Posted by opengovoffice@dc.gov
  • Wed 11, 2021
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On November 2, 2021, the Office of Open Government (OOG) issued advisory opinion #OOG-002.10.18.21_AO, concerning whether the personal privacy exemption under D.C.

FOIA Legal Opinion - Telephone Logs

  • Posted by johnnie-barton
  • Fri 06, 2021
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The Office of Open Government's Chief Counsel, Johnnie Barton, rendered a legal opinion to the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) to assist the agency in formulating a policy to address

FOIA Compliance: DCPS Publication of Administrative and Policy Documents on the Internet

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Fri 04, 2021
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The Office of Open Government issued an Advisory Opinion regarding the District of Columbia Public Schools' compliance with the Freedom of Information Act's requirement for agencies to publish Admi

FOIA Body Worn Cameras Advisory Opinion

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Thu 11, 2020
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This Advisory Opinion addresses the Metropolitan Police Department's compliance with the D.C.

OSSE’s Compliance with District FOIA (#OOG-002_2.26.20_AO)

  • Posted by NiquelleAllen
  • Fri 08, 2020
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This advisory opinion regards the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education's (OSSE) compliance with the D.C.

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)

#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

FOIA Deadlines and Extensions OOG-0003_10.31.18_FOIA AO

  • 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

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