The NCUA's Office of Inspector General has denied a CreditUnion Times' Freedom of Information Act request to obtain acopy of the investigation report regarding the alleged conduct of an examiner at the $32 million Commodore PerryFCU.

The denial, according to a letter sent Friday from Sharon Separ,counsel to the Inspector General, was in response to a request for“a copy of the Office of Inspector General's 2012 report regardingan investigation of a complaint Commodore Perry FCU made againstexaminer Roger A. Clark as well as any other OIG reports thatinvolve Mr. Clark.”

Not only did the NCUA say the request was an “unwarrantedinvasion of personal privacy”, Separ said it is NCUA OIG policy to“neither confirm nor deny that such records relating to a thirdparty or parties exist.”

Furthermore, Separ said, the request for the OIG's report “doesnot present a public interest justification that would overwhelmthe privacy interest of a third party.”

The public interest justification, the OIG attorney said, must“produce evidence that would warrant a belief by a reasonableperson that an alleged Government impropriety might haveoccurred.”

The NCUA said Oct. 9 the OIG could not substantiate Commodore Perry's claims that Clarkharassed employees or retaliated against the credit union in theform of a riskier CAMEL score after management complained about thealleged incidents.

The Oak Harbor, Ohio-based credit union will plead its exam appealcase before the NCUA's Supervisory Review Committee on Nov. 7.

{ The story line:

• Oct. 26, 2012 Commodore Perry Appeal Set for Nov. 7
• Oct. 25, 2012 CPFCU Prez, Attorney Say Appeals Process Dodges RealIssue
• Oct. 25, 2012 Appeals Panel Can Toss Commodore Perry ExamFindings
• Oct. 24, 2012 Ohio CU Left Wondering How to Prep forAppeal
• Oct. 11, 2012 NCUA Stands by Examiner in HarassmentAppeal
• Oct. 9, 2012 NCUA Buys Time in Commodore PerryAppeal
• Oct. 4, 2012 Commodore Perry FCU Says Documentation ProvesClaims
• Oct. 3, 2012 Ohio CU Says NCUA Examiner Harassed,Retaliated }