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2007 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2007)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0007 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
STATE OF ARKANSAS
MIKE BEEBE
Opinion 2006-225
January 3, 2006
Mr. David Ferguson
Interim Director
Bureau of Legislative Research
State Capitol, Room 315
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Dear Mr. Ferguson:
I am writing in response to your request, made pursuant to A.C.A. § 25-19-
105(c)(3)(B), for an opinion on whether your decision to deny release of
employment records of a former Bureau of Legislative Research employee is
consistent with the provisions of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA), codified at A.C.A. §§ 25-19-101-25-19-109 (Repl. 2002 and Supp.
2005). Specifically, you have enclosed a copy of an e-mail request from a
newspaper reporter seeking a copy of the former employee's personnel file
including any possible severance agreement. You state that you have denied the
request for the following three reasons:
1) Under A.C.A. § 25-19-105(b)(12), the documents are
excluded from the release under the Freedom of Information
Act because these are personnel records, and the disclosure of
these personnel records would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy;
2) Records contain the home address of a nonelected state
employee as excluded under A.C.A. § 25-19-105(b)(13); and
3) Records are not employee's evaluation records or job
performance records, and there is no compelling public
interest in their disclosure as provided under A.C.A. § 25-19-
105(c).
323 CENTER STREET, SurrE 1100 * LrrrLE ROCK, ARKANSAs 72201
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