In 2005, the Appellate Division held that an official’s appointment calendar is exempt under OPRA. There’s been no change in the law since this ruling, but requestors still occasionally seek disclosure of this type of calendar.

The GRC recently upheld the denial of such a request, which asked for disclosure of the Outlook calendars of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics. Since is was undisputed that these contained only internal information, rather than public meeting schedules, the GRC held that they were exempt, based on the Appellate Division’s 2005 opinion and the GRC’s 2017 decision in McDonald v. Jersey City (rejecting request for Mayor Fulop’s calendar).