FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT

FINAL DECISION
Docket #FIC 1996-541
June 25, 1997

In the Matter of a Complaint by Lora Deming, Complainant
against
Personnel Administrator, State of Connecticut, Department of Veterans’ Affairs Respondent

The above-captioned matter was heard as a contested case on April 4, 1997, at which time the complainant and the respondent appeared, and presented argument. During a recess of the April 4, 1997 hearing, the complainant and the respondent reached an agreement in resolution of this contested case, and when the hearing resumed, the complainant informed the Commission that she wished to withdraw her complaint.

The Commission warmly commends both the complainant and the respondent for working successfully to negotiate a non-litigated settlement of their earlier differences.

The following order by the Commission is hereby recommended on the basis of the record concerning the above-captioned complaint:

1. The complaint is hereby dismissed.

Approved by Order of the Freedom of Information Commission at its regular meeting of June 25, 1997.

__________________________
Elizabeth A. Leifert
Acting Clerk of the Commission

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PURSUANT TO SECTION 4-180(c), G.S., THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NAMES OF EACH PARTY AND THE MOST RECENT MAILING ADDRESS, PROVIDED TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMISSION, OF THE PARTIES OR THEIR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE.

THE PARTIES TO THIS CONTESTED CASE ARE:
Lora Deming
c/o Ronald L. Lepine, Esq.
Lepine & Associates
106 South Street, Suite B
West Hartford, CT 06110

Personnel Administrator, State of Connecticut, Department of Veterans’ Affairs
c/o Nyle K. Davey, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General
PO Box 120
Hartford, CT 06141-0120

__________________________
Elizabeth A. Leifert
Acting Clerk of the Commission
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