City of New Castle Off-Duty Construction Job Records DELDOT

Mr. Dworiak,
The Department of Transportation received your FOIA request below. It has been forwarded to this office for research and response. You will receive a response as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Linda Scott

Linda T. Scott, DCP
Paralegal II
Delaware Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19903
Phone (302) 760-2024
Fax (302) 739-2585

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March 31, 2015
Department of Transportation
DelDOT Public Relations
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19901

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to Delaware's Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

For the time period of January 1, 2013 to the present date: (1) All invoices submitted to contractors or the Delaware Department of Transportation for the reimbursement for police officers employed by the City of New Castle working construction traffic duty (on duty and off duty). Include any modified or revised invoices; (2) All written communications, including e-mail, between any employee or officer of the City of New Castle and any construction contractor or the Delaware Department of Transportation referring to discrepancies in invoices submitted for the reimbursement for police officers working construction traffic duty; and (3) All documents or reports regarding any investigation or audit conducted by the City of New Castle or any other agent or officer for the City or the Delaware Department of Transportation regarding discrepancies in the hours submitted by the City of New Castle for the reimbursement for police officers working construction traffic duty to contractors or the Delaware Department of Transportation and the actual hours worked by those officers.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public free of charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, and is not being made for commercial usage.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 15 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Michael Dworiak

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Mr. Dworiak,

Your request is currently in legal review with the Delaware Department of Justice. DelDOT currently does not have an in-office assigned attorney to review FOIA requests. I anticipate having a response to you by the end of the week. I apologize for the delay.

Sincerely,
Linda Scott

Linda T. Scott, DCP
Paralegal II
Delaware Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19903
Phone (302) 760-2024
Fax (302) 739-2585

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Mr. Dworiak,

Attached is the Department of Transportation’s response to your FOIA request.

Sincerely,
Linda Scott

Linda T. Scott, DCP
Paralegal II
Delaware Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19903
Phone (302) 760-2024
Fax (302) 739-2585

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Mr. Dworiak,

DelDOT has no additional responsive documents. It should be noted that the records forwarded to you in response to the FOIA request were provided by the contractor and were not records in DelDOT’s possession. They were provided as a courtesy.

Sincerely,
Linda Scott

Linda T. Scott, DCP
Paralegal II
Delaware Department of Transportation
P.O. Box 778
Dover, DE 19903
Phone (302) 760-2024
Fax (302) 739-2585

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