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Requesting & Accessing Data (391 opinions)
Requests for data
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Advisory Opinion 26-001 26-001A reporter asked about Met Council’s response to a request for data about a former Metro Transit Police Chief. The reporter requested access to public data about an investigation into complaints or charges against the c…
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Advisory Opinion 25-007 25-007A member of the public asked whether a city responded appropriately to their requests for public data. The requester made four data requests between September 1, 2023 and September 13, 2024, but received no response fro…
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Advisory Opinion 25-006 25-006A member of the public asked whether a school district responded appropriately to a request for public data. The requester asked for data 11 months prior, and had only received portions of the data after inquiries from …
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Advisory Opinion 24-004 24-004A member of the public asked whether a city responded appropriately to a request for public data that he made while using a pseudonym. The City had informed the requester that it would not provide access to data until h…
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Advisory Opinion 23-004 23-004A data subject asked whether a city council violated the Open Meeting Law when it held multiple closed sessions under Minnesota Statutes, section 13D.05 subd. 2(b), to discuss allegations against an individual subject t…
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Advisory Opinion 20-003 20-003A member of the public made a data request to a school district. He requested an email attachment that contained a district employee’s “contact list.” The school district denied access to the contact list, asserting con…
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Advisory Opinion 19-013 19-013a data requester asked if a County had responded appropriately to two requests she made for public data. The Commissioner opined that the County responded appropriately to a request for public comments when it emailed t…
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Advisory Opinion 19-010 19-010In Advisory Opinion 19-010, a member of the public asked whether a state agency had violated the Data Practices Act because it had not provided her with access to the data he requested (public personnel data on two empl…
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Advisory Opinion 18-010 18-010A data requester asked whether a school district had responded appropriately to several data requests he made, including one for data about himself. The Commissioner opined that the district did not respond appropriatel…Requests for data Response to data requests #Timeliness of response to data subject - immediately or ten business days #Timeliness of response to public - prompt, reasonable time (13.03, subd. 2), (1205.0300) #Timely response required, access immediately or within ten business days #Timely, generally
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Advisory Opinion 18-006 18-006A member of the public asked whether a University had violated the Data Practices Act because it had not provided him with access to the data he requested (public personnel data on three employees) as of the date of his…
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Advisory Opinion 18-005 18-005A data subject asked if a county responded appropriately to a data request when it failed to comply within ten business days. The Commissioner concluded that Minn. Stat. § 13.04, subdivision 3, is clear: entities must c…
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Advisory Opinion 14-006 14-006Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School District 625, St. Paul, respond appropriately to a March 15, 2014, request for data? Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did Independent School …
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Advisory Opinion 12-016 12-016A newspaper asked whether a county responded appropriately to its request for access to voter challenge status data. The County responded that the names and/or numbers of voters whose eligibility was challenged by the C…
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Advisory Opinion 12-002 12-002Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.643, what is the classification of data in “animal test charts” that the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (BAH) maintains? May the Board release data in response to a request…
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Advisory Opinion 10-021 10-021Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data maintained by Independent School District 742, and the Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS): “the financial spreadsheet that sho…
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Advisory Opinion 07-006 07-006Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of data contained in audio tape recordings that two Middle Snake Tamarac Rivers Watershed District board managers made of board meetings? Pursuant t…
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Advisory Opinion 06-029 06-029Did the Hennepin County Attorney's Office respond in a timely manner, as required by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, to the following data requests made on September 14, 2005: (1)
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Advisory Opinion 06-018 06-018Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a request for all public data related to a Minneapolis Police Department Internal Affairs Unit investigation of a complaint?
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Advisory Opinion 06-009 06-009Did the Minnesota Historical Society respond appropriately to a March 14, 2005, request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 06-004 06-004Did the Red River Watershed Management Board comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to an August 25, 2005, request for data?
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Advisory Opinion 06-003 06-003Did the Red River Watershed Management Board comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to an August 29, 2005, request to inspect
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Advisory Opinion 05-038 05-038Did MAC comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, with regard to a January 16, 2005, request for access to data? Did MAC comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, with regard to a June 15, 2005, request for access t…
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Advisory Opinion 05-032 05-032Has the City of Grand Marais complied with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in regard to a September 1, 2005, request for data relating to a conservation easement?
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Advisory Opinion 05-010 05-010Is the City of Greenwood in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 16, and Minnesota Rules, part 1205.0200, subpart 14, (B) regarding the appointment of a responsible authority? Is the City of Gr…
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Advisory Opinion 04-066 04-066Did the City of Warren comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in regard to July 15 and August 4, 2004, requests for (1) a copy of all past written forms of public access procedures of the City, including the dates …