The 2020 Annual Report is now posted.

Some highlights:

• 2020 ranks as the second-busiest year ever for the OOR, with 2,764 appeals filed.
• Breakdown of who filed appeals in 2020:
  • 43% citizens
  • 37% companies
  • 11% inmates
  • 5% media
  • 2% government officials
  • 1% lawmakers

• 547 appeals involving state agencies; Department of Corrections tops the list at 115 appeals filed.
• Significant increases in the number of appeals filed involving the Department of Health, State Police, Department of Human Services, and Department of Community and Economic Development.
• 90 mediations and 70 training sessions conducted by the OOR.