Bill to extend CORA response deadlines advances in Colorado Senate
A bill that extends Colorado Open Records Act response times for public and commercial requesters won the support of a state Senate committee.
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Legislators introduce wide-ranging government transparency bill affecting open meetings, CORA and criminal justice records
Two Republican lawmakers introduced a bill that would undo open meetings law exemptions for the General Assembly enacted last year and make a host of other changes to Colorado’s government transparency statutes.
Judges in Denver and El Paso County order disclosure of data centers’ water consumption records
Court rulings in Denver and El Paso County rejected arguments from public utilities that water usage records for large data processing centers are confidential under the Colorado Open Records Act.
State legislators introduce new measure to extend CORA response deadlines
A state senator is trying again to curb what she has referred to as the “abuse” of the Colorado Open Records Act by certain records requesters.
Court of Appeals: Requesters can’t sue judicial branch over delayed response if records eventually provided
The Colorado Judicial Department cannot be sued for delaying its response to a request for administrative records if the records eventually are provided to the requester, the Court of Appeals ruled.
CFOIC brief: Lakewood’s appeal of body-cam footage ruling ‘an attempt to turn back the clock’ on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act
Lakewood’s appeal of a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing a 17-year-old robbery suspect in 2023 “is a transparent attempt to turn back the clock” on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and other organizations say.
Colorado legislative leaders asked to repeal 2024 open meetings law exemptions
Citizens, media representatives and nonprofit organizations asked legislative leaders to repeal Colorado Open Meetings Law changes affecting the legislature that were adopted earlier this year.
CFOIC’s 2024 year in review: a more opaque legislature, pricier public records, closed disciplinary records, child autopsies, police officer database and CORA ‘abuse’
Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information.
Rejecting news organizations’ appeal, Colorado Supreme Court keeps police officer database confidential
A ruling by the state’s highest court means that the bulk of Colorado’s licensing database of law enforcement officers will remain confidential.
Here’s how Colorado’s autopsy report disclosure law is changing on Jan. 1
Starting Jan. 1, journalists and the public no longer will have access to most autopsy reports on the deaths of children in Colorado but limited information from those reports will be available.