Colorado Newsline: Government transparency rules are only as good as government officials’ commitment to follow them.

Most people who have tried to acquire public records from the federal government under the Freedom of Information Act can attest to what ProPublica once called the “aneurysm-inducing” mockery that many officials make of deadlines and disclosure requirements.

Colorado has several transparency laws, like its own FOIA, known as CORA — the Colorado Open Records Act — and journalists in the state have countless stories about officials who flout its mandates.

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