State lawmakers advance bill to protect Denver Health records from ‘data miners’
Legislation that limits public access to the records of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority won the support of a committee of state lawmakers.
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Judge orders Aurora to conduct balancing test in lawsuit challenging denial of police IA records
Citing two Colorado Supreme Court decisions, a judge has ordered the Aurora Police Department to produce a written analysis of “pertinent factors” it did not weigh before rejecting an open records request for an internal affairs investigative file.
Colorado ethics commission writes its own rules of access to public records
The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, which investigates allegations of ethical misconduct involving public officials, is writing its own rules of access to public records that differ in many respects from the Colorado Open Records Act.
Lawsuit challenges Aurora’s ‘blanket policy’ of rejecting requests for police internal affairs files
The city of Aurora’s “blanket policy” of denying open records requests for police internal affairs files, apparently without regard to the facts and circumstances of each request, violates Colorado’s criminal justice records law, a lawsuit alleges.
Denver denies open records request for call logs tied to a city-issued cellphone
The Colorado Open Records Act defines public records to include “all writings made, maintained, or kept” by government or agency. But are records related to a government-issued cellphone disclosable under CORA if the city has access to them but doesn’t maintain them?
Liquor retailers settle open-records dispute, but their agreement is confidential for now
Wheat Ridge liquor retailer Applejack Wine & Spirits and the owner of Hazel’s Beverage World in Boulder have settled their open-records dispute, according to court documents, but the settlement remains confidential for now.
CORA modernization bill working well so far, records requesters say
Journalists say Senate Bill 17-040 generally seems to be working as intended, even if some records custodians have to be reminded about the law change and some have taken much longer than three working days to fill requests. The sample size is small, but early tests of the new law are encouraging.
Wheat Ridge joins liquor retailer’s lawsuit to stop use of records disclosed to CORA requester
Wheat Ridge has joined a liquor retailer’s legal effort to stop the owner of another liquor store from sharing information the city provided to him in response to a public records request.
Does Colorado need an open data law?
Now that Senate Bill 17-040 is in effect, ensuring your right under the Colorado Open Records Act to obtain digital public records in useful file formats, the state senator who introduced the legislation is considering an open data bill as the next logical step.
Digital records bill tops open-government accomplishments of 2017 legislative session
For Coloradans concerned about access to government information, the 2017 legislative session will be judged by what occurred on the 120th and final day.