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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/waldoj/statuses/111856715503444272">Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 02-Feb-2024 00:40:36 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@waldoj" title="waldoj@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/55936-48-20241016044339.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Waldo Jaquith" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Waldo Jaquith</a><div><a href="https://mastodon.social/@waldoj/111746298000182458" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>The Delaware Department of Transportation declines to comply with my request for the number of toll bills that they’ve issued to people with Palau license plates in the past two years, because a) I’m not a Delaware resident and b) they would need to “write a program” to get the data. This is almost certainly untrue, but I don’t think this is a fight worth having.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2664510#notice-5280008">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-02-02T00:40:36+09:00" title="Friday, 02-Feb-2024 00:40:36 JST">about 10 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@waldoj/111856715503444272" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@waldoj/111856715503444272">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2197681">As an initial matter, FOIA provides for access to
public records for citizens of the state of Delaware.
Accordingly, because you do not appear to be a
Delaware citizen, you do not have a guaranteed right
under FOIA to access State of Delaware public
records. See Del. Op. Att'y Gen. 16-IB20 (2016)
(finding that the denial of a FOIA request by a non-
Delaware citizen was not a violation of FOIA
because the word "citizen,' as used in Section
10003(a), refers to citizens of the State of
Delaware."). As the right to access documents
pursuant to FOIA is not guaranteed for non-Delaware
citizens, DelDOT is denying your request.Moreover, even if the above exemption did not apply,
DelDOT is unable to produce the records you
requested under FOIA as the information is not
maintained by DelDOT in a readily accessible format
that can be accessed without writing a program or
creating a new document, nor is the information
requested tracked in the manner specified. FOIA does
not require an agency to create a document or
program that does not already exist. See Del. Op.
Att'y Gen. 06-1B17 (Aug. 21, 2006) (finding that
FOIA does not require an agency to develop a
program or create a new record to comply with a
FOIA request).</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/856/715/212/864/067/original/d71957780926bd45.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/856/715/212/864/067/original/d71957780926bd45.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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The Delaware Department of Transportation declines to comply with my request for the number of toll bills that they’ve issued to people with Palau license plates in the past two years, because a) I’m not a Delaware resident and b) they would need to “write a program” to get the data. This is almost certainly untrue, but I don’t think this is a fight worth having.
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1. As an initial matter, FOIA provides for access to public records for citizens of the state of Delaware. Accordingly, because you do not appear to be a Delaware citizen, you do not have a guaranteed right under FOIA to access State of Delaware public records. See Del. Op. Att'y Gen. 16-IB20 (2016) (finding that the denial of a FOIA request by a non- Delaware citizen was not a violation of FOIA because the word "citizen,' as used in Section 10003(a), refers to citizens of the State of Delaware."). As the right to access documents pursuant to FOIA is not guaranteed for non-Delaware citizens, DelDOT is denying your request. Moreover, even if the above exemption did not apply, DelDOT is unable to produce the records you requested under FOIA as the information is not maintained by DelDOT in a readily accessible format that can be accessed without writing a program or creating a new document, nor is the information requested tracked in the manner specified. FOIA does not require an agency to create a document or program that does not already exist. See Del. Op. Att'y Gen. 06-1B17 (Aug. 21, 2006) (finding that FOIA does not require an agency to develop a program or create a new record to comply with a FOIA request).
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