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Advisory Opinion 19-009 19-009The Office of Higher Education (OHE) asked about the classification of certain program review data it maintained on a private/out-of-state university. The Commissioner opined that while the OHE is conducting the review …
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Advisory Opinion 18-016 18-016A government entity asked about the classification of certain financial data that it maintains about one of its licensee racetracks. The entity argued that the data at issue did not meet the definition of “trade secret”…
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Advisory Opinion 14-018 14-018A requester asked for access to copies of contracts and non-disclosure agreements for cell phone exploitation equipment. The entity said it could not redact the documents because they contained inextricably intertwined …
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Advisory Opinion 06-005 06-005Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that the Minnesota Department of Public Safety maintains: a response to a Department request for proposal?
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Advisory Opinion 05-024 05-024Did Resource and Training Solutions (RTS) comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to the following data: the operating agreement between RTS and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota?
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Advisory Opinion 03-017 03-017Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of the following data that Zumbro River Constructors (ZRC) maintains: pricing information contained in ZRC's contracts with subcontractors? If the d…
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Advisory Opinion 03-009 03-009Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Health respond appropriately to an October 22, 2002, request for access to the following sections in the Operating Agreement of Minneapolis PET…
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Advisory Opinion 02-041 02-041Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of certain data contained in written materials and a video file that the Minnesota State Lottery maintains?
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Advisory Opinion 01-051 01-051Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Public Safety respond appropriately to a request for access to a copy of the audit of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa's gambling operations?
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Advisory Opinion 01-029 01-029Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of
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Advisory Opinion 99-035 99-035Are the following data, compiled by the affected organization and maintained by the Minnesota Department of Revenue, classified as not public trade secret pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 13.37, or any other law:…
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Advisory Opinion 99-022 99-022Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, and Minnesota Statutes, section 375.86, did Hennepin County respond appropriately to the Star Tribune's request for access to a copy of a computer program?
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Advisory Opinion 98-054 98-054Are the following data, maintained by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, classified as trade secret pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.37: data contained in a proposed Power Purchase Agreement between Nor…
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Advisory Opinion 98-050 98-050Are the following data maintained by the Minnesota Department of Health classified as trade secret pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.37: certain data submitted to the Department as part of an application for lic…
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Advisory Opinion 98-026 98-026What is the classification of the following data maintained by the Metropolitan 911 Board: data that
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Advisory Opinion 96-035 96-035Are proposals submitted to School District 284, Wayzata, in response to Wayzata's Request for Proposal (RFP) for Finance and Student Systems, public data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-032 96-032Upon request, must Morrison County provide a computer-readable copy of the real property data sought by World Wide Data, Inc., to the extent that such data are maintained by the County in computer-readable format?
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Advisory Opinion 95-019 95-019What is the proper classification of the data collected on the
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Advisory Opinion 95-018 95-018Are the data contained in the Bigfork Municipal Liquor Store's inventory and sales report classified as trade secret data pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.37, subdivision 1 (b), and therefore, not public data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-017 95-017Are the data on pages 2, 6, 7, 12, 14-19, 21, 22, and 25-56 of the Deloitte-Touche Financial Feasibility Study, and also the data in the November 1994 Financial Statements for Envirosys, classified as trade secret infor…
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Advisory Opinion 94-047 94-047For purposes of simplification, the information presented by the citizen who requested this opinion and the response from the government entity with which the citizen disagrees is presented in summary form. Copies of th…
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Advisory Opinion 94-045 94-045Are government data, provided to a school district, that consist of a financial profit and loss statement, commodities inventory list, and summary of purchases list, accessible to the public? NOTE: The identification of…
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Advisory Opinion 94-037 94-037Do any of the data contained in the capital expenditure reports, and particularly, the dollar amounts reported for individual capital expenditures, qualify for protection as trade secret information under Minnesota Stat…