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Documents created by public agencies in the course of their operations are considered public records under Oregon law. ORS 192.410(4). State law provides a procedure for citizens and record custodians to follow when requesting or responding to a request for inspection and examination of records. ORS 192.410 to 192.505.
If you wish to examine records of a public agency, then you should make that request directly to that agency.
Protective Rules
Some government records cannot be reviewed by the public, usually because they contain some type of protected or private information. A citizen has a right under Oregon law to request access to public records, and a public agency has an obligation to provide those records to the public upon request, unless the requested records contain protected information. ORS 192.430(2). There may be a small fee for access or copying of public records. ORS 192.440(4).
Appealing a Denied Request
If you have been denied access to public records and wish to appeal that determination, you should obtain a written denial of your request from the appropriate public agency and then contact the DA's Office. We will then make a determination as to whether the public agency appropriately applied the law in denying your request. If it is determined that the public agency improperly denied your request for access, then the public agency will be ordered to release the records.
Public Records Petitions
The Public Records Law mandates that the County District Attorney has jurisdiction over petitions for review involving requests to a local government body such as a city, county, or School District. The public agency that denies a records inspection request (or waiver of fees) has the burden of proving that the record information is exempt from disclosure or that the costs are reasonable and in the public interest.
Selected orders of the District Attorney are listed below under the most significant statutory exemption(s). Each exemption is organized by the latest order first with the name of the petitioner, the number of the order, and a brief description of the documents requested.
The Multnomah County District Attorney is committed to the principle that the Public Records Law is primarily a disclosure law, rather than a confidentiality law.
Let the sunshine in!
Public Records Order Index
EXEMPTION & STATUTORY REFERENCE
ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE ORS 40.225(1)(b)
Oregonian |
Tort claims filed against OHSU |
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Oregonian (Schmidt) |
Mult.Co. Atty. emails on tax status |
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Oregonian (Schmidt) |
Records regarding race and ethnicity |
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Cordel |
PCC internal investigation |
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Floy Jones |
PURB Bd. and City Water Off. emails |
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Oregonian (Sickinger) |
OHSU General Counsel email exchange |
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Niebling |
POP - LWG joint defense agreement |
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Oregonian (Pulaski) |
POP - LWG joint defense agreement |
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Oregonian(Frank) |
PDC - investigation of managers |
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Jobs and Power (Phillips) |
Portland City Attorney - PGE Municipalization Study |
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Oregonian (Austin) |
Portland Parks - Wilson pool invest |
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Oregonian (Huntsberger) |
POP - Columbia River Channel Deepening Project |
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Oregonian (Huntsberger) |
POP - Columbia River Channel Deepening Project |
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Cornelius |
Fairview Jeff Sarvis investigation |
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Gresham Outlook |
Fairview Jeff Sarvis investigation |
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Oregonian (Farrell) |
Fairview Jeff Sarvis investigation |
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Willamette Week |
OHSU - Schatten-Chiodo letters |
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Tuttle |
Portland City Attorney - Scottish Power/PacifiCorp merger |
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Hyson |
Rockwood Water PUD - opinion and fees |
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Moore |
City of Fairview - City Attorney Billing Statements |
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Oregonian (Lednicer) |
City of Gresham - City Attorney memo advice and investigative reports |
CHILD ABUSE REPORTS ORS 419B.005-419B.045
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Greg Roberson |
PPB - police report referred to DHS |
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Sharon Wiley |
PPB - child abuse report |
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Oregonian (Denson) |
PPB - Neil Goldschmidt |
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Oregonian (Glanvile) |
Gresham PD - report of sexual abuse of juvenile |
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Oregonian (Green) |
Gresham PD - child abuse report |
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CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS ORS 192.502(1)
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Willamette Week |
OHSU letters |
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Tuttle |
City of Portland - draft letter to Commissioner Eric Sten |
CONFIDENTIAL SUBMISSIONS ORS 192.502(4)
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Oregonian (Beaven) |
Reynolds SD Apps for Asst. HS Prin. |
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Oregonian |
PPB - Keaton Otis fatal shooting |
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Port Tribune (Korn) |
Mult.Co. -Sellwood Bridge bid |
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Oregon. (Sulzberger) |
Portland - Guisto testimony (Foxwo) |
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Potter |
PPB -Schweiger report on Entezari |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
DCJ records on Ladon Stephens |
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KXL (Schwend) |
PPS Superintendent candidates |
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Robert Royer |
ACJ background investigation |
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Portland Tribune |
Portland bid for PGE |
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Oregonian (Hill) |
Portland bid for PGE |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
Portland BES - offer of settlement |
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Willamette Week |
Portland Bur. of Lic. taxi app. handgun permit application |
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Peterson |
Portland - property report |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
Portland PFE Stadium renovation |
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Gillespie |
MCSO - background investigation |
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Birhanzl |
MCSO - personal information in files |
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Rutledge |
Parkrose School Board - application for principal position |
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Oregonian (Read) |
Port of Portland - applications to manage Portland Ship Yard |
COSTS ORS 192.440(3)
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Portland Mercury |
Portland Contract negs. (emails) |
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Ellmyer |
Portland employees - contact info. |
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Joyce Boles |
HAP tenancy documents |
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KXL (Chris Brown) |
Mult Co voter registration records |
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Oregonian (Bottomly) |
PPB training materials - tr. stops |
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In Def. of Animals |
Daily logs primate care `95 to date |
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Mel Holst |
Development records from 1968-1972 |
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Frnds of Clack. Riv. |
Elec. version of technical memo |
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Willamette Week (Jacquiss) |
PPB list of employee names and job descriptions - special computer run |
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In Def. Of Animals |
OHSU - Primate Center records |
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KPTV News (Ludlow) |
PPB - computerized crime data |
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Moore |
City of Fairview - numerous records |
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Martin |
Animal Control - barking complaints |
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Guembes |
PSD records bilingual Project SABE |
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Birhanzl |
MCSO - concealed handgun data base |
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Oregonian (Sleeth) |
Portland PD - Regalado IAD records |
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORY MATERIAL ORS 192.501(3)
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Buzzetti (AMR) |
PPB Haszard SA investigation |
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Johnson (PHC Prop) |
PPB assault report |
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Oregonian (Yim) |
PPB - Misty McElroy assault reports |
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Oregonian (Rose) |
PPB Moffenbeier's arrest |
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Oregonian (Franzen) |
BOEC -Pimental materials |
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Oregonian (Franzen) |
PPB - Pimental reports |
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Will. Week (Budnick) |
DCJ - Ladon Stephens parole reports |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
DCJ - Ladon Stephens parole reports |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
PPB - video tape Lamarr Harris inc. |
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KOIN NEWS 6 (Jaeger) |
Portland PD - Timesheet abuse |
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KOIN NEWS 6 (Jaeger) |
Portland PD - transsexuals |
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Oregonian (Duin) |
Portland PD - Hipps black books |
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Abernathy |
MCSO - mug shot of rape victim |
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News 12 (Larson) |
Portland PD - Colleen Waibel Shooting reports and Don death Investigation |
DISCIPLINE ACTION ORS 192.501(12)
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Oregonian (Bernstein) |
PPB IA reports on Scott Westerman |
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Oregonian (Schmidt) |
PBT McCoy sustained complaints |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
PPB IA report on Mark Kruger |
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Oregon. (Schmidt) |
GPD - IA on Scott Cunningham |
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Oregon. (Schmidt) |
GPD - IA reports from 2007 to date |
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Will. Week (Slovic) |
PPSD principal's complaint letter |
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Port. Trib.(Sanders) |
PPB IAD report on Dor. Elmore |
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Oregonian (Parker) |
PPS -Goldschmidt termination |
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Oregonian(Frank) |
PDC - Winston investigation |
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Oregonian (Learn) |
PPB - Potter/Moose decisions |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
PPB - detox report on US Marshal |
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Woodcock |
PPB IAD complaint histories; Knudsen - sustained complaint |
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Paul Newton (MPD) |
PPB uniformed officers - open and non-sustained complaints. |
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Oregonian (Anthony) |
Metro - Zoo investigation |
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Dinan |
Portland PD - non-sustained IAD complaints - NE Precinct officers |
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Willamette Week (Dawdy) |
BOEC - Correspondence Between Comm. Saltzman and Director Whittemore |
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Oregonian (Gage) |
Portland PD - Howe IA investigation |
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Oregonian (Roberts) |
BOEC - Auditor Investigative Report |
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KOIN TV (Sanchez) |
Portland PD - use of force in Pavel Guzenko incident |
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Oregonian (Esteve) |
Gresham FD - use of HazMat computer |
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Birhanzl |
MCSO - internal telephone and fax numbers |
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News 12 (Hamill) |
Portland PD - arrest report |
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KOIN TV (Jaeger) |
Portland PD - timesheet abuse |
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News 12 (Larson) |
Portland School District -audit |
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Oregonian (Foster) |
Gresham PD dis. investigation and labor arbitration |
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News 12 (Larson) |
Portland PD - Garvey investigation |
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Willamette Week (Young) |
Portland Fire Bureau - labor arbitration of fire fighter |
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORS 192.502(16)
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Willamette Week (Jacquis) |
POP Cascade Shipyard yearly financial audit |
ELDER ABUSE ORS 124.060 ET. SEQ.
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Oregonian(Anderson) |
PPB - theft, forgery reports |
HIPPA ORS 192.502(8)
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Oregonian (Parks) |
Reynolds Sch. Dist. reinmbursements |
HOUSING AUTHORITY ORS 192.501(21)
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Oregonian (Frank) |
PDC - loan write off reports |
INTERNAL ADVISORY ORS 192.502(1)
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Oregon Politico |
Tri-Met and ATU proposals |
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Oregonian (Zaitz) |
PDC - ProDX reports |
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Oregonian (Zaitz) |
PDC - Lozano memos |
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Oregonian (Frank) |
PDC - Burnside Bridgehead Project |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
DCJ records on Ladon Stephens |
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Oregonian |
City of Gresham - City Attorney (Lednicer) memo advice and invest. Reports |
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Rutledge |
Parkrose School Board - application files for principal position |
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Oregonian (Long) |
PPB - firearm discharge incidents |
JUVENILE COURT RECORDS ORS 419.567
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Oregonian (Green) |
Gresham PD juvenile arrest record |
LIBRARY RECORDS ORS 192.502(22)
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James Peterson |
Hillsdale Library patron addresses |
LITIGATION RECORDS ORS 192.501(1)
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Niebling |
POP - LWG joint defense agreement |
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Scott Upham |
Portland City and PPB - Tony Marks |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
Portland BES -offer of settlement |
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Hyson |
Rockwood Water PUD - correspondence regarding election law violations |
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News 12 (Larson) |
PPB - Garvey investigation |
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Willamette Week (O'Hagan) |
MCSO - improper release from jail |
MEDICAL RECORDS ORS 192.525
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Oregonian (Austin) |
Exposure and pre hospital care rpts |
PERSONAL INFORMATION ORS 192.502(2)
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Oregonian |
PPB -Keaton Otis fatal shooting |
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Will. Week (Slovic) |
Tort claim notices |
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Diane Lane |
PPB - redaction of DOB |
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Damon Woodcock |
PPB - redaction of DOB and ph. no. |
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Damon Woodcock |
PPB - redaction of DOB and ph. no. |
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IOUE Local 701 |
Portland Contract payroll records |
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Oregonian (Frank) |
PDC - Burnside Project Eval. Comm. |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
Portland Fire and Police Dis. Fund |
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KXL (Schwend) |
PPS Superintendent candidates |
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Kirstein Southard |
PPB background investigation of KS |
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Oregonian (Franzen) |
PPB report on rape by husband |
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Babcock |
MC Animal Services euthanasia log |
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DeParrie |
Port. Parks - Pride NW parade appl. |
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Oregonian (Duin) |
Portland PD - Hipps black books |
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Willamette Week (Young) |
Tri-Met LIFT and OMAK drivers DOB's and ODL's |
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Birhanzl |
MCSO - personal info. supplied in handgun permit application |
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Rutledge |
Parkrose School Board - W-2 forms |
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Nieman (PMC) |
Portland PD - rape investigation |
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Rutledge |
School Board - application files for principal position |
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Diamond |
MESD substitute teacher list |
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Roberts |
Comm. on Aging - home addresses |
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Willamette Week (Young) |
Portland Fire Bureau - labor arbitration of fire fighter |
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Walsdorf |
David Douglas School District employees names and home addresses |
PERSONAL SAFETY ORS 192.445
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Roberts |
Comm. on Aging home addresses |
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Walsdorf |
Centennial School District employees names and home addresses |
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Walsdorf |
David Douglas School District employees names and home addresses |
PSYCHIATRIC OR MENTAL HEALTH ORS 192.496
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Ellis |
PPB - Hooper Detox report |
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
PPB - detox report on US Marshal |
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Carroll |
PPB - reports containing references to medical or mental health issues |
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE INFORMATION ORS 192.502(3)
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Oregonian(Bernstein) |
Portland Fire and Po. Dis. Fund |
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OEA |
MESD - teacher substitute list |
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OEA-OACE |
MESD - teacher substitute list |
PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEE ORS 181.854
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Woodcock |
IAD complaint histories |
PUBLIC RECORD/WRITING ORS 192.410(4)(6)
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Will. Week (Slovic) |
Mayor's twitter communications |
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Dolan |
Portland BHCD - records of PCRI |
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Oregonian (Duin) |
Portland PD - Hipps black books |
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Hyson |
Statement read at public meeting by President of Rockwood Water PUD |
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Oregonian (Foster) |
MCSO - Lt. Vera Pool's calendars |
PUBLIC BODY ORS 192.410(3)
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Dolan |
Albina CDC board names and audit |
PUBLIC SAFETY ACTION PLANS ORS 192.501(18)
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Birhanzl |
MCSO internal telephone and fax numbers |
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Will. Week (O'Hagan) |
Portland PD Long Gun Study |
REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL ORS 192.501(6)
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Oregonian (Lane) |
City of Portland - PFE Civic Stadium renovation proposal |
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Oregonian (Mayes) |
Port of Portland - property appraisal for revenue bonds |
RECORDS, ETC. SUBMITTED TO NAMED AGENCIES ORS 192.502(15)
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Oregonian (Read) |
Port of Portland applications to manage Portland Ship Yard |
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Business Journal (Zimmerman) |
POP Trailblazer monthly financial reports |
SEC. REPORTS AND MEASURES ORS 192.501(22)AND (23)
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Will. Week (Pitkin) |
MCSO CCW permit information |
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Geller |
Portland Water Works Open Reservoir Project |
TEACHER PERSONNEL FILE ORS 342.850
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Oregonian (Blackman) |
Tigard-Tualatin coach |
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Oregonian (Hammond) |
Portland Public Schools - union grievance decisions |
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Oregonian (Schraw) |
PPS- Misuse of Property by High School principal and VP |
TEST QUESTIONS, SCORING ORS 192.501(4)
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Shepherd (McGee) |
PFB - Battalion Chief's exam |
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Shepherd (Hovies) |
PFB - Captain's exam materials |
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Shepherd (Hovies) |
Portland Fire Bureau - lieutenant's examination rating sheets |
TRADE SECRETS ORS 192.501(2)
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Douglas Parsons |
Gresham Solar Energy Facility bids |
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Steven Schell |
Portland - Heiberg garbage records |
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Soule (Crew) |
Metro - Mursen Environmental grant |
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Willamette Week (Jacquis) |
POP - Cascade Shipyard economic data |
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Business Journal (Strom) |
POP - Evergreen Corp. letter re: planned suspension of vessel calls |
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Oregonian (Lane) |
City of Portland - PFE Civic Stadium renovation proposal |
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Oregonian (Read) |
Port of Portland - applications to manage Portland Ship Yard |
TRADE SECRETS (costs) ORS 192.501(2)
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Oregonian (Mayes) |
Port of Portland - property appraisal for revenue bonds |
MISCELLANEOUS
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Will. Week (Pitkin) |
MCSO - Concealed weapons permits |
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Ellmyer |
PPDS newsletter email list |
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Oregonian (Saker) |
OHSU - cadaver names |
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Alvin Esau |
Mult. Co. Coroner's Records |
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Birhanzl |
PPB - Traffic crash reports (fees) |
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Oregonian (Rose) |
MCJ -inmate death investigation |
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Woodcock |
PPB - Various records requests not processed or disclosed promptly |