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[showif [action]=[raw][action][/raw]] [text]action=city[/text] [/showif] [showif [action]=city]| Following are results of Aug. 23, 1999, survey of 75 randomly selected Arkansas cities, one in each county, to test officials' compliance with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. A surveyor from the FOIArkansas Project walked into each city hall to request a copy of a routine revenue report from the state government. Results reflect whether access to the record was granted on the initial visit, on a second walk-in visit or by mail. Other data reflect reason access was denied as well as treatment of the surveyor. |
| Following are results of Aug. 23, 1999, survey of 75 randomly selected Arkansas school districts, one in each county, to test officials' compliance with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. A surveyor from the FOIArkansas Project walked into the superintendent's office in each district to request a copy of the superintendent's employment contract. Results reflect whether access to the record was granted on the initial visit, on a second walk-in visit or by mail. Other data reflect reason access was denied as well as treatment of the surveyor. |
| Following are results of Aug. 23, 1999, survey of detention facilities for each of Arkansas' 75 counties to test officials' compliance with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. A surveyor from the FOIArkansas Project walked into the detention facility that houses prisoners for each county to ask for a list of who was in jail. Results reflect whether access to the record was granted on the initial visit, on a second walk-in visit or by mail. Other data reflect reason access was denied as well as treatment of the surveyor. |
| Following are results of Aug. 23, 1999, survey of county offices of the Arkansas Department of Health in each of Arkansas' 75 counties to test officials' compliance with the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. A surveyor from the FOIArkansas Project walked into the local offices of the state agency in each county to ask for a copy of the most recent filled-out restaurant inspection report. Results reflect whether access to the record was granted on the initial visit, on a second walk-in visit or by mail. Other data reflect reason access was denied as well as treatment of the surveyor. |
| Following are results of an August, 1999 survey by electronic mail of public universities in Arkansas to test whether the institutions would reply to a request by e-mail for a public record. A surveyor for the FOIArkansas Project e-mailed a request for a statistical breakdown of faculty and students by race and gender during the Spring 1999 term to each of the institutions and asked for a reply by e-mail or, in the alternative, by placing the information on a disk and returning it by traditional mail. Results reflect which institutions complied with the request. |
| Following are results of Aug. 13, 1999, survey of county clerks in each of Arkansas' 75 counties to test whether the clerks would respond to a mailed request for a public record. A surveyor for the FOIArkansas Project sent by traditional mail a letter requesting a copy of the county judge's post-election campaign finance report and mailed a $2 check to cover copying and mailing costs. Results reflect which counties complied with the request and the records returned by mail. |
| COUNTY | [showif [Action]=city]CITY[/showif][showif [Action]=school]SCHOOL DISTRICT[/showif][showif [Action]=jail]DETENTION FACILITY[/showif][showif [Action]=health]OFFICE SITE[/showif] |
ACCESS GRANTED INITIAL VISIT |
ACCESS GRANTED SECOND VISIT |
REASON ACCESS DENIED | COMMENTS | COPY ACQUIRED INITIAL VISIT |
COPY ACQUIRED SECOND VISIT |
COPY AQUIRED BY MAIL |
SURVEYOR REFERRED TO SUPERVISOR |
OFFICIAL VOLUNTEERED RECORD |
SURVEYOR CHARGED FOR COPIES |
SURVEYOR QUOTED LAW |
OFFICIAL ASKED SURVEYOR'S IDENTITY |
SURVEYOR ASKED TO PROVE RESIDENCY |
SURVEYOR ASKED TO IDENTIFY EMPLOYER |
OFFICIAL ASKED REASON FOR SURVEY |
SURVEYOR ASKED TO WRITE REQUEST |
| [uppercase][COUNTY][/uppercase] | [showif [FACILITY]=] [/showif][FACILITY] | [showif [ACCESS]=] [/showif][ACCESS] | [showif [ACCESS_SECOND_VISIT]=] [/showif][ACCESS_SECOND_VISIT] | [showif [REASON_ACCESS_DENIED]=] [/showif] [REASON_ACCESS_DENIED] | [showif [COMMENTS]=] [/showif][COMMENTS] | [showif [COPY_ACQUIRED_INITIAL_VISIT]=] [/showif][COPY_ACQUIRED_INITIAL_VISIT] | [showif [COPY_ACQUIRED_SECOND_VISIT]=] [/showif][COPY_ACQUIRED_SECOND_VISIT] | [showif [COPY_ACQUIRED_BY_MAIL]=] [/showif][COPY_ACQUIRED_BY_MAIL] | [showif [REFERRED_TO_SUPER]=] [/showif][REFERRED_TO_SUPER] | [showif [VOLUNTEER_RECORD]=] [/showif][VOLUNTEER_RECORD] | [showif [CHARGE_FOR_COPIES]=] [/showif][CHARGE_FOR_COPIES] | [showif [QUOTE_LAW]=] [/showif][QUOTE_LAW] | [showif [IDENTIFY_YOURSELF]=] [/showif][IDENTIFY_YOURSELF] | [showif [PROVE_RESIDENCY]=] [/showif][PROVE_RESIDENCY] | [showif [IDENTIFY_EMPLOYER]=] [/showif][IDENTIFY_EMPLOYER] | [showif [ASKED_REASON]=] [/showif][ASKED_REASON] | [showif [WRITE_REQUEST]=] [/showif][WRITE_REQUEST] |
| UNIVERSITY | FIRST REQUEST | SECOND REQUEST |
| [showif [UNIVERSITY]=] [/showif][uppercase][UNIVERSITY][/uppercase] | [showif [FIRST_REQUEST]=] [/showif][FIRST_REQUEST] | [showif [SECOND_REQUEST]=] [/showif][SECOND_REQUEST] |
| COUNTY | RESPONSE | DOCUMENT SENT |
| [showif [COUNTY]=] [/showif][uppercase][COUNTY][/uppercase] | [showif [RESPONSE]=] [/showif][RESPONSE] | [showif [WHAT_SENT]=] [/showif][WHAT_SENT] |
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