Policy limiting public information on deaths and injuries at national parks raises concern among national journalist groups
Freedom of information advocates are raising concern about a U.S. Department of Interior policy that limits what staff can tell the public about deaths and serious injuries that occur at national parks ...
Trump administration appeals dismissal of Colorado voter data case
The Trump administration appealed a federal judge’s decision to dismiss its case against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, from whom it’s trying to pry sensitive voter information ...
Websites help residents bypass Flock cameras
Several websites now let users search for Flock camera systems in their area and even help them navigate around them ...
Restrictions for CU Buffs football media policy under scrutiny
Not only were members of the media forced to relinquish any packs or backpacks, but they also were required to leave all phones and other electronic devices outside the practice field gates ...
Report at center of lawsuit against Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold may have been destroyed
Taheri said the state's retention policy requires all state agencies to maintain records, like the ones she's seeking, for 10 years. But former employees tell CBS Colorado that Griswold refused to take custody of the consultant's report because it was highly critical of her and she didn't want it subject to open records requests ...
Editorial: Weiser blunts a records request
Colorado law does allow government agencies like Weiser’s to recover some costs of retrieving public records, and that might be part of the problem; the law gives those agencies too much leeway. But, honestly, 117 hours? ...
Colorado school board involved in ‘public Christian school’ drama violated open meetings law, judge rules
A Colorado school board violated the state’s open meetings law by concealing the true nature of a “public Christian school” the board allowed to open last year, a state judge ruled ...
Colorado whistleblower’s suit against state judicial system falls flat
Citing sovereign and qualified immunity, a federal judge dismissed a complaint against the Colorado government and judicial officials accused by a watchdog of coordinated efforts to cover up a 2019 bribery scheme ...
Judge orders Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold to turn over public records
The records involve consulting work, paid for with public funds. Griswold's office says it doesn't have the documents and it refuses to ask the consultant for them, claiming that would impose an undue "burden." Instead, the Secretary of State's office sent four employees and the Attorney General's Office sent three attorneys to court ...
Editorial: ICE body cam mandate doesn’t ensure legal policing without public access to video
Congress needs to act here, and now, making clear that withholding immigration-officer body-cam video is illegal and antithetical to open and transparent government ...
