Docket Sheet

Juliette Rihl and PennLive v. Harrisburg City

OOR Dkt. No.: AP 2026-4238
Case Status: Partially Granted/Partially Denied

11/02/2026

10/14/2026

Jarosz, Bandy

Dauphin

Request sought contracts and policies regarding Artificial Intelligence. The Agency provided responsive records during the pendency of the appeal. The Agency demonstrated that it appropriately withheld a draft policy. The Agency failed to demonstrate a portion of the withheld records are internal, predecisional deliberations or working papers and notes of an Agency employee. Granted in part, denied in part and dismissed as moot in part.

Clause Exemption Result
708 (b) (10) (i) A record that reflects: (A) The internal, predecisional deliberations of an agency, its members, employees or officials or predecisional deliberations between agency members, employees or officials and members, employees or officials of another agency , including predecisional deliberations relating to a budget recommendation, legislative proposal, legislative amendment, contemplated or proposed policy or course of action or any research, memos or other documents used in the predecisional deliberations. (B) The strategy to be used to develop or achieve the successful adoption of a budget, legislative proposal or regulation. (ii) Subparagraph (i)(A) shall apply to agencies subject to 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 (relating to open meetings) in a manner consistent with 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7. A record which is not otherwise exempt from access under this act and which is presented to a quorum for deliberation in accordance with 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 7 shall be a public record. (iii) This paragraph shall not apply to a written or Internet application or other document that has been submitted to request Commonwealth funds. (iv) This paragraph shall not apply to the results of public opinion surveys, polls, focus groups, marketing research or similar effort designed to measure public opinion. Granted
708 (b) (12) Notes and working papers prepared by or for a public official or agency employee used solely for that official's or employee's own personal use, including telephone message slips, routing slips and other materials that do not have an official purpose. Granted
708 (b) (9) The draft of a bill, resolution, regulation, statement of policy, management directive, ordinance or amendment thereto prepared by or for an agency. Denied
Agency Invoked an Extension The agency invoked a 30 day extension to respond to the request.
Dismissed as moot Dismissed as moot Dismissed
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