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PUBLIC INFORMATION
ACTIVITIES
Applications & Claims
Licensing
Advice
Formal
Advice
Informal
Testing & Inspections
Recalls, Seizures, suspentions & Quarantines
FEDERAL LAWS
FEDERAL
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)
Right to request access to to federal agency records/information
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA)
No central office; each agency handles requests for its records
Record
Everything may not be a "record"
Record
Information held in any format or media
Agency is NOT required to create a record; mearly release one it has
Agency
Any federal agency/office-BUT-
President, v-president, congress, courts
Agency
Exemptions
National Security
Info exempt under law (tax returns, etc)
Exemptions
Personal & Private documents
Certain Law Enforcement Records
Process
Written Request
Specificity
Process
Format
Agency resonds in 20 business days
Right to appeal denial
PRIVACY ACT
Purpose is to restrict access to protect individual privacy interests
PRIVACY ACT
Without person's authorization
Record
Info about an individual maintained by an agency including education, financial transaction, medical history, criminal history, or employment which contains name, and other identifying information
Record
Person can view and copy own information
OHIO SUNSHINE LAWS
OHIO SUNSHINE LAWS
OHIO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT
Any person may request to inspect or obtain copies of
OHIO PUBLIC RECORDS ACT
PUBLIC RECORDS
PUBLIC AGENCY
if it keeps those records
Exemptions
Those prohibited by law
Discretionary-deem not public
Exemptions
FOIA exemptions do not apply
Specific
Exemptions
Medical Records
Specific
Exemptions
Adoption Records
DNA Records
Open Meetings Act
The Open Meetings Act requires “public bodies” to conduct their business in “meetings” that are open to the
public.
Open Meetings Act
Public Body
Any board, commission, committee, council, or similar decision-making body of a state agency, institution, or authority, and any legislative authority or board, commission, committee, council, agency, authority, or similar decision-making body of any county, township, municipal corporation, school district, or other political
subdivision or local public institution;879
Meeting
A meeting is
(1) a prearranged gathering,
(2) of a majority of the members of the public body,
(3) who are discussing or deliberating public business.