Opinion Letter Summary

Opinion Letter No. 90-08
February 12, 1990
Intra-agency Memoranda and Staff Notes

Under the UIPA, an agency is not required to disclose inter-agency and intra-agency memoranda, or
employee notes, if they fall within the protection of the "deliberative process privilege." This privilege
applies to records prepared before a final agency decision, which express opinions, recommendations,
or evaluations on issues of agency policy or law. This privilege does not protect purely factual
information contained in such memoranda.

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