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2012 Arkansas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (2012)

handle is hein.sag/sagar0087 and id is 1 raw text is: THE ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF ARKANSAS MIKE BEEBE . Opinion 2006-193 October 16, 2006 Mr. Jorge Luis Cirnigliaro c/o Stacey Witherell, Empl. Srvs. Mgr. Human Resources Department 500 West Markham, Suite 130 W Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 Dear Mr. Cirnigliaro: 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 the documents associated with [your] job application for the City of Little Rock's Environmental Compliance Engineer are subject to inspection and copying under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), codified at A.C.A. §§ 25-19-101-109 (Repl. 2002 and Supp. 2005). You note that the documents were requested by another applicant for the job. The written request for your records seeks your application, although the custodian apparently interprets the request as including application documents. The custodian of records has concluded that [s]ince you are a City employee . . . this information is a personnel record and is releasable. My statutory duty under A.C.A. § 25-19-105(c)(3)(B)(i) is to determine whether the decision of the custodian is consistent with the provisions of the FOIA. RESPONSE I have not been provided with the documents in question, and consequently cannot evaluate the custodian's decision with regard to particular documents or their contents. I can state, however, as a general matter, that documents related to applications for employment are open to public inspection and copying under the FOIA, with any necessary redactions for information shielded from public disclosure, such as social security numbers and home addresses. 323 CarrER STRET, SurrE 1100 * LrrrE RocK-, ARKEsAs 72201 TELEPHONE (501) 682-2007 * FAx (501) 682-8084 brrERNr WEBSTE * http://www.ag.state.ar.us/