Tag: Open Records
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Colorado justices side with news organizations for disclosure of high-level child abuse data
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state must disclose the number of child abuse reports at individual group living facilities in response to an open records request, as the addresses are already in the public domain. The justices agreed that the Court of Appeals erred in resolving the case. But beyond that,…
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Colorado open records bill dies in Senate committee
Efforts to overhaul Colorado’s open records law stalled anew. A proposal that would have extended response times for public records requests and added accountability measures for late responses failed to advance out of its first committee and will not move forward this year. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee rejected Senate Bill 107,…
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Signal app ‘not approved’ on city-issued devices
An encrypted messaging app used by Mayor Mike Johnston to communicate, specifically about the illegal immigration crisis in Denver, is not authorized for use on city-owned devices, according to the city’s technology department. “Technology Services governs the appropriate reviews, approvals, procurement, licensing, and management of all software and applications assets licensed by the city,” said…
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Colorado justices weigh broad definition of ‘criminal justice agency’ in open records lawsuit
‘I don’t know if you ask the average person on the street, “Is the Dental Board a criminal justice agency?” most people would say yes to that,” said Chief Justice Monica Márquez
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Denver Public School board member to introduce email retention policy
Thirty days after an email is deleted from a Denver Public Schools’ (DPS) account, district officials are unable to retrieve it, stripping potentially important documents from the public record. Board of Education Director Scott Baldermann wants to change that. At least for the board and its staff. Baldermann told The Denver Gazette he had been…
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Emails lost to public under DPS retention policy | CLASS NOTES
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Open Records Act request was never meant to be a “gotcha.” The Denver Gazette was looking to confirm whether Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education Director Scott Baldermann’s child attends one of the middle schools in an innovation zone he will be…
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10th Circuit rebuffs environmental group’s lawsuit over government records
The federal appeals court based in Denver has rejected the arguments from a wildlife and habitat conservation group that the U.S. Forest Service failed to conduct a legally-adequate search for records — despite disclosing 140,637 pages of documents related to a controversial roadway project. Rocky Mountain Wild filed an open records request with the Forest Service…