Parole Board annual reports, FY1977 to FY2000

Dear Open Records Officer:Pursuant to the Georgia Open Records Act, O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq., I request copies of the following records of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles.This is not the first request this organization has directed to the Board. A request was sent to this same address on November 26, 2025, seeking aggregate, non-identifying parole statistics for 2015-2024. It received no response of any kind — not a production, not a denial, not an acknowledgment, and not the written description and timeline that O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(1)(A) requires when records cannot be produced within three business days. That request expressly asked that any refusal identify the statutory basis relied upon. None was given, because nothing was given.That November 26, 2025 request remains outstanding, and I renew it here by reference. I am not restating it in this letter, and I do not ask the Board to treat the two as a single request — the records sought below are separate, simpler, and should not be delayed behind it. Please direct all correspondence on both to the address in this email, which is now this organization's channel of record.RECORDS REQUESTEDThe Board's published Annual Reports for fiscal years 1977 through 2000, inclusive.The Board presently publishes its Annual Reports for FY2001 through FY2025 on its website. This request seeks the same series for the earlier years, which are not posted there.These are the Board's own published documents. No compilation, analysis, or creation of any new record is being asked for, and no confidentiality attaches to them: O.C.G.A. § 42-9-53(b) classifies information received by the members of the Board in the performance of their duties, not the Board's own published output. Each report was public on the day the Board issued it, and asking for a copy of a published report changes nothing about its status.If producing the full range at once would be burdensome, I ask that the Board treat each year as separately responsive and produce them in this order: FY1994, FY1993, FY1992, FY1989, then the remaining years. Partial production in that order is welcome and I will treat it as responsive as it arrives.FORMATElectronic copies (PDF) delivered by email to this address are preferred, and I believe that is the most economical means of production under O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(c)(2). If a report exists only in paper or on microfilm, please tell me that rather than substituting a different record.IF A YEAR IS NOT RETAINEDIf the Board does not retain the Annual Report for a given year, please state so in writing and identify the year. A written statement that a year's report is not retained is a complete and acceptable response for that year. I am not asking the Board to create or reconstruct any record.OPEN RECORDS OFFICERO.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(2) permits an agency to designate an open records officer to receive requests. The Board's website directs requests to an "Open Records Officer" but does not name that person. Please identify the individual holding that designation, so that correspondence can be properly directed.FEESPlease provide an itemized cost estimate before incurring any cost. O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(d) requires that where the estimated cost exceeds $25.00 the agency inform the requester "within a reasonable amount of time not to exceed three business days."I authorize costs up to $50.00 without further approval. Above that, please contact me before proceeding.As provided by O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(c)(1), any search, retrieval, or redaction charge should be calculated at the prorated hourly rate of the lowest-paid full-time employee who has the necessary skill and training to perform the request, and no charge applies to the first quarter hour.RESPONSEI look forward to the Board's response within three business days, as provided by O.C.G.A. § 50-18-71(b)(1)(A). If the records cannot be produced in that time, the Act requires a written description of the responsive records and a timeline for their production; that written response, by itself, would fully satisfy the Board's obligation for now.I would rather resolve this by correspondence than by any other means. I note only, and without accusation, that O.C.G.A. § 50-18-73(b) provides for attorney's fees and litigation costs where an agency has acted without substantial justification, and that O.C.G.A. § 50-18-74(a) makes a knowing and willful violation of the Act a misdemeanor. A reply to this email makes both provisions irrelevant.REQUESTERThe GDC Accountability Project, Inc., a Georgia nonprofit corporation and § 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 33-4218142).Sincerely,The GDC Accountability Project, Inc. 285 W Wieuca Rd NE, PMB #4153 Atlanta, GA 30342