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Advisory Opinion 26-003 26-003A school district asked about the classification of data it maintained in an investigative report about the alleged misconduct of a school board member. The district noted that it had not made a clear determination on w…
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Advisory Opinion 14-019 14-019A state agency asked about its classification of data determination related to an internal audit of one of its grantees, including supporting documentation and other documents collected as part of the audit. The grantee…
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Advisory Opinion 14-008 14-008A School District planned to fill an open seat on its school board by appointment. The media asked for public data about the applicants under Minnesota Statutes, section 13.601. The District first responded that the dat…
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Advisory Opinion 12-018 12-018A member of the public asked whether an entity improperly released private data about a board member. At the time it released data to the public, the entity’s human resources director considered board members to be enti…
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Advisory Opinion 07-004 07-004Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it refused to provide the names of employees whose private personnel data was either removed or redacted from council members' and the Mayor's…
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Advisory Opinion 05-036 05-036Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a data request for contact information about city council candidates?
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Advisory Opinion 02-013 02-013Is a school board member an
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Advisory Opinion 01-039 01-039Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the City of Cottage Grove respond appropriately to a request for access to secret ballots that were intended but not used for the purpose of selecting finalists to fill a …
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Advisory Opinion 00-065 00-065Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Intermediate District 287 respond appropriately to an August 24, 2000, request for access to data about job applicants? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Int…Elected and appointed officials Multiple data subjects Personnel data Redaction #Data incidental to the data subject #Finalist for public employment (13.43, subd. 3) #Inextricably intertwined data (See also: Northwest Publications, Inc. v. City of Bloomington, 499 N.W.2d 509) #Interviews #Interviews
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Advisory Opinion 95-041 95-041Is X entitled to gain access to a copy of the investigative report, of which he is the subject, that the members of the Mahnomen County Board reviewed and discussed publicly at one of their regularly scheduled meetings?