Transparency Zone, November/December 2023

An agency may redact bank account and routing numbers on financial records to prevent unauthorized access. 2023-2422

The Department of Corrections proved that it did not have records related to the price it paid for a certain shampoo. 2023-2231

A request for the “last time [a] robotic stopwatch was calibrated” and the corresponding costs provided enough guidance to enable an agency to search for responsive records.  2023-2237

The OOR lacks jurisdiction over records that contain confidential security information under the Public Utility Confidential Security Disclosure Protection Act (“CSI Act”), 35 P.S. §§ 2141.1-2141.6. 2023-2785

The full names of correctional officers are exempt from public access because their disclosure would jeopardize the officers’ personal safety. 2023-2851

Temple University is a State-related institution, 65 P.S. 67.102, and is not an agency subject to the OOR’s jurisdiction.  2023-2958

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