RTD board member proposes waiving some records fees for journalists
The Regional Transportation District is considering capping fees for public records requests from the news media.
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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.
Why doesn’t Colorado’s disclosure law cover every elected official? ‘I think it was an oversight.’
The RTD board’s bylaws do require that each member file a financial interest disclosure form with the district. But the agency initially denied my request for copies of those forms, citing the personnel files exemption in the Colorado Open Records Act.
CFOIC’s holiday wish list
All we want for Hanukkah/Christmas/Kwanzaa (besides world peace, an end to the pandemic and less partisan rancor) are better open-government laws for Coloradans.
RTD stops charging ‘a measly quarter’ per page for electronic copies of public records
The Regional Transportation District no longer charges the public 25 cents per page for electronic copies of public records.
State lawmakers want, but won’t require, local governments to post meeting notices online
Local governments in Colorado would be encouraged to post meeting notices online, rather than in a designated physical location, under a bipartisan bill approved by a committee of state lawmakers.