Certain records about a June 2023 cyberattack at the Colorado Department of Higher Education are subject to CORA’s deliberative process privilege and can’t be disclosed to a requester, a judge decided.
Colorado lawmakers’ use of an anonymous private survey to prioritize bills impacting the state budget “thwarts the entire purpose” of the Colorado Open Meetings Law because it shields the public “from knowledge that it would otherwise be entitled to know,” a judge found.
Several key rulings in 2023 showed why courts matter so much for enforcing and interpreting Colorado’s open government laws.
In a new court brief, leaders of the Colorado General Assembly defend their use during recent legislative sessions of an anonymous online survey to help prioritize bills that impact the state budget.
A CORA request seeking information about a June cybersecurity attack at the Colorado Department of Higher Education has led to a court dispute over records withheld under the law’s deliberative process privilege.
