A new report published by a government transparency coalition in Colorado describes the state’s open records law as “unbalanced,” saying it negatively impacts those who work for the public good by allowing custodians to impose exorbitant fees to produce public records. University of Denver law student Justin Twardowski, who compiled the report for the Colorado Freedom of […]
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Judge denies Boulder County’s (CO) bid for attorney’s fees, court costs in open-records suit
A Boulder District Court judge has denied Boulder County’s effort to get Gunbarrel resident Kristin Bjornsen to pay more than $3,900 in attorney’s fees and related court costs that the county claimed was part of the expense of defending the county in an open-meetings and open-records lawsuit. Bjornsen welcomed Judge Thomas Mulvahill’s decision and said […]
Colorado Transparency News – June 14, 2018
Read the latest newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping Coloradans understand and use their rights of access to the records and proceedings of government and the judiciary. Continue… […]
Colorado Transparency News – May 17, 2018
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COFOIC: Aurora agrees to change policies on police IA records, faces new suit on body cam footage
Aurora has agreed to revise its policies on the disclosure of police internal affairs records as part of a lawsuit settlement, but a new court case alleges the city wrongly withheld body-worn camera footage related to a traffic accident involving Denver Police Chief Robert White. The Denver Police Protective Association, which represents Denver officers, sued […]
Colorado Legislator Wants Judiciary Subject to Open Records Law
State Rep. Polly Lawrence is trying once again to make the administrative records of Colorado’s judicial branch subject to the Colorado Open Records Act. House Bill 18-1152, introduced earlier this week, is the Roxborough Park Republican’s third consecutive attempt to cover the judiciary under CORA. That doesn’t include her 2015 proposal to make the state […]
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Colorado Transparency News – Feb. 20, 2018
Colorado Transparency News – Feb. 20, 2018 Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to helping Coloradans understand and use their rights of access to the records and proceedings of government and the judiciary. Subscribe to this newsletter | Like CFOIC on Facebook | Follow @CoFOIC DONATE SIGN UP TODAY for our March 16 FOI WORKSHOPS AND AWARDS […]
Colorado Transparency News – Jan. 10, 2018
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Colorado Transparency News – Dec. 11, 2017
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From CFOIC: Colorado legislature approves open-records modernization, sends bill to governor’s desk
An 18-month push to update Colorado’s open-records law for the digital age culminated Wednesday in the final passage of a bill that clarifies the public’s right to copies of electronic government records in useful file formats that permit analysis of information in those records.
Senate Bill 17-040 heads to Gov. John Hickenlooper’s desk after passing the House on a 39-26 vote and then repassing the Senate unanimously, all on the last day of the 2017 legislative session.
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