下载 《百老汇会员》的政策 PDF格式
权利 & 职责:
The 权利 of Requesters and the Responsibilities of the 维吉尼亚州 Tourism Authority, d/b/a弗吉尼亚旅游公司(VTC), 根据弗吉尼亚信息自由法案
弗吉尼亚信息自由法案(FOIA),位于§2.2-3700 et. seq. 弗吉尼亚法典, guarantees citizens of the Commonwealth and representatives of the media access to public 记录 held by public bodies, 政府官员, 以及公务员.
A public record is any writing or recording — regardless of whether it is a paper record, 电子文件, 录音:录音或录像, 或任何其他格式-准备或拥有的, 或由公共机构或其官员拥有的, 从事公共事务的雇员或代理人. 所有的公共记录都应该是公开的, 只有在特定情况下才可以保留, 法定豁免适用.
The policy of FOIA states that the purpose of FOIA is to promote an increased awareness by all persons of governmental activities. 推进这一政策, 《百老汇会员》要求自由地解释法律, 支持访问, and that any exemption allowing public 记录 to be withheld must be interpreted narrowly.
你的《百老汇会员》权利
- 你有权要求检查 or 接收公共记录的副本,或两者兼而有之.
- You have the right to request that any charges for the requested 记录 be estimated in advance.
- 如果你认为你的《百老汇会员》权利被侵犯了, you may file a petition in district or circuit court to compel compliance with FOIA.
向弗吉尼亚旅游公司(VTC)提出索取记录的要求
- 你可以索取美国的记录.S. 邮件,传真,电子邮件,亲自,或通过电话. 《百老汇会员》并不要求你的请求必须是书面的, nor do you need to specifically state that you are requesting 记录 under FOIA.
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- 从实际的角度来看, it may be helpful to both you and the person receiving your request to put your request in writing. 这允许您创建请求的记录. 它也给了我们一个明确的声明,说明你需要什么样的记录, 这样就不会对口头请求产生误解. 然而, we cannot refuse to respond to your FOIA request if you elect to not put it in writing.
- Your request must identify the 记录 you are seeking with “reasonable specificity.“这是一个常识性的标准. It does not refer to or limit the volume or number of 记录 that you are requesting; instead, it requires that you be specific enough so that we can identify and locate the 记录 you are seeking.
- 你的请求必须要求提供记录或文件. 《百老汇会员》赋予你查阅或复制的权利 记录; it does not apply to a situation where you are asking general questions 百老汇会员注册 the work of the VTC, 亦不要求职训局建立不存在的纪录.
- You may choose to receive electronic 记录 in any format used by the VTC in the regular course of business.
- 例如, 如果您要求保存在Excel数据库中的记录, 您可以选择以电子方式接收这些记录, 通过电子邮件或电脑磁盘, 或者收到这些记录的打印副本
- 如果我们对您的要求有疑问, please cooperate with staff’s efforts to clarify the type of 记录 you are seeking, or to attempt to reach a reasonable agreement 百老汇会员注册 a response to a large request. 根据《百老汇会员》提出要求并不是一个对抗的过程, but we may need to discuss your request with you to ensure that we understand what 记录 you are seeking.
向职训局索取纪录, 你可以直接向运营和财务副总裁提出要求, 麦克麦克马洪. He can be reached at 弗吉尼亚旅游公司; 901 E. 加里·圣reet; Richmond, VA 23219; (804) 545-5522; (804) 545-5501 (fax); or (电子邮件保护). You may also contact him with questions you have concerning requesting 记录 from the VTC. 除了, the Freedom of Information Advisory Council is available to answer any questions you may have 百老汇会员注册 FOIA. 联络本会的电邮地址为 (电子邮件保护),或致电(804)225-3056或(免费)1-866-448-4100.
The 弗吉尼亚旅游公司’s Responsibilities in Responding to Your Request
- 百老汇会员必须在收到你的要求后五个工作天内作出回应. “第一天”是指收到您的请求后的第一天. 五天的假期不包括周末或节假日.
- 你要求职训局提供公开纪录的原因无关紧要, 在我们回应你的请求之前我们不能问你为什么想要这些记录. FOIA does, however, allow the VTC to ask you to provide your name and legal address. The 维吉尼亚州 FOIA applies only to citizens of the Commonwealth of 维吉尼亚州 and representatives of media with a circulation in 维吉尼亚州.
- FOIA requires that the VTC make one of the following responses to your request within the five-day time period:
- 我们将向您提供您所要求的全部记录.
- 我们保留了你要求的所有记录, 因为所有的记录都有特定的法定豁免. 如果所有记录都被扣留,我们必须以书面形式给你答复. That writing must identify the volume and subject matter of the 记录 being withheld, and state the specific section 弗吉尼亚法典 that allows us to withhold the 记录.
- 我们提供了你所要求的一些记录,但保留了其他记录. We cannot withhold an entire record if only a portion of it is subject to an exemption. 在这种情况下, 我们可以对记录中不公开的部分进行编辑, 并且必须向你提供剩下的记录. We must provide you with a written response stating the specific section 弗吉尼亚法典 that allows portions of the requested 记录 to be withheld.
- If it is practically impossible for the VTC to respond to your request within the five-day period, 我们必须以书面形式说明这一点, 解释导致反应不可能发生的条件. 这将使我们有额外七个工作日的时间来回复您的请求, 给我们总共12个工作日来回应您的请求.
- 如果你需要大量的记录, and we feel that we cannot provide the 记录 to you within 12 days without disrupting our other organizational responsibilities, 我们可能会请求法院给我们更多的时间来答复你们的请求. 然而, FOIA requires that we make a reasonable effort to reach an agreement with you concerning the production of the 记录 before we go to court to ask for more time.
成本
- 你可能需要向职训局缴交有关纪录的费用. 《百老汇会员》允许我们对回应《百老汇会员》请求的实际成本收取费用. This would include items like staff time spent searching for the requested 记录, 复制成本, 或与提供所要求的记录直接相关的任何其他费用. 它不包括一般管理费用.
- 如果我们估计它将花费超过200美元来回应你的请求, 我们可能要求你付定金. 按金可达预估金额. The five days we have to respond to your request does not include the time between when we ask for a deposit and when you respond.
- You may request that we estimate in advance the charges for supplying the 记录 you have requested. 这将使您提前了解任何成本, or give you the opportunity to modify your request in an attempt to lower the estimated costs.
- 如果您先前提出的《百老汇会员》要求超过30天仍未得到支付, 职训局在处理你的新申请前,可能会要求你缴付有关款额.
常用豁免
The Code of 维吉尼亚州 allows any public body to withhold certain 记录 from public disclosure. 百老汇会员一般会保留纪录,但有以下豁免:
- 人事记录(第2条.2-3705.弗吉尼亚法典第1(1)条)
- 受律师-当事人保密特权约束的记录(第2条).2-3705.1(2))或律师工作产品(§2).2-3705.1 (3))
- 供应商专有信息(§2).2-3705.1 (6))
- Records relating to the negotiation and award of a contract, prior to a contract being awarded (§ 2.2-3705.1 (12))