| Opinion
No. |
Issue(s)
|
March |
|
AO-01-12
|
911
records are public records under FOIA. Whether any exemptions
apply to 911 records must be determined on a case-by-case
basis. |
AO-02-12
|
In responding to a request for public records, a public
body is responsible to provide the public records prepared
by, owned by, or in the possession of the responding public
body. When it provides all such responsive public records
that it has, no additional response is required under
FOIA. |
April |
|
AO-03-12
|
A
public official may only charge his or her rate of pay
as a public official when responding to requests for public
records. |
October |
|
AO-04-12
|
A
telephone billing record paid by a public official in
his personal capacity that was not prepared for or used
in the transaction of public business is not a public
record subject to FOIA. Such a telephone billing record
is not paid with public funds, only indicates that a call
was made (it does not reveal the contents of the call
or who made it), and is prepared by the service provider
in order to receive payment as part of a commercial transaction.
|
AO-05-12
|
Subsection
F of § 2.2-3707 requires that agenda packets be made
available for public inspection at the same time they
are furnished to members of the public body |
December |
|
AO-06-12
|
Considering
three different records exemptions, an adult arrestee
photograph ("mug shot") may not be withheld
as a noncriminal incident record; may be withheld if its
release would jeopardize a felony investigation; and may
be withheld if the subject depicted is also a witness.
|
AO-07-12
|
A
public instrumentality exercising public and essential
governmental functions is a public body subject to FOIA. |
