A failure by a government body to acknowledge a request to inspect public records is equivalent to an improper denial.

A failure by a government body to acknowledge a request to inspect public records is equivalent to an improper denial.
Today, a complaint was filed against Deb Haaland, United States Secretary of the Interior, for alleged violations of the Hatch Act.
A failure to acknowledge a request to inspect records by a government body is equivalent to an improper denial.