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Advisory Opinion 18-002 18-002A police department asked about the classification of records involving juveniles. The Commissioner opined that per Minnesota Statutes, section 260B.171, when a juvenile is or may be delinquent or is or may be involved …
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Advisory Opinion 17-010 17-010A school district asked whether it had to provide a copy of an audio-recorded interview with a student to the student’s parent when the recording included educational data on multiple students. The Commissioner opined t…
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Advisory Opinion 15-003 15-003A member of the public asked about a government contractor’s obligation to respond to a request for data the contractor maintained in connection with its work for a City. The contractor did not respond to the request. T…
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Advisory Opinion 15-001 15-001A state agency asked the Commissioner about the classification of data in an application submitted by a non-registered medical cannabis manufacturer applicant that are not otherwise specifically classified as not public…
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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 14-003 14-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the University of Minnesota respond appropriately to a request for data related to Institutional Review Boards, specifically: studies, reports, meeting minutes and corresp…
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Advisory Opinion 14-001 14-001Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board respond appropriately to a request for data about the January 7, 2014 executive session related to a conciliatio…
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Advisory Opinion 13-003 13-003A member of the public asked whether an entity responded appropriately to a request for property inspection data. The requester made her original request in December of 2011, after which the entity stated that she had r…
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Advisory Opinion 13-002 13-002A member of the public asked whether an entity responded properly to a request for certain personnel data it maintained. The requester asked for copies of the job application and supplement of a current employee. The en…
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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 12-009 12-009In response to a request for a copy of the superintendent’s contract, a school district provided access to public personnel data it extracted from the contract, but refused to provide a redacted copy of the contract its…
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Advisory Opinion 12-005 12-005An individual requested access to the dates applicants for public employment applied and took qualifying tests. The dates alone, i.e., not associated with any individual, are not data on individuals, and therefore canno…
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Advisory Opinion 12-003 12-003Did the City of Minneapolis comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its response to a November 15, 2011, request for access to the following data: dates of applications and dates of testing for all applicants for…
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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 11-013 11-013Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, must the City of Hibbing provide access to the following data to a former employee: written informal complaints and observations about that former employee made by one or mor…
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Advisory Opinion 11-009 11-009Did Special School District 1, Minneapolis, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in its response to a request for “the position study report of Dr. Schiller,” and the “compensation study report of Public Sector P…
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Advisory Opinion 11-007 11-007If a data requestor, who is not the subject of the data, provides DNR with data about the individual registration owner that are private pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0874, in this case name, address, and d…
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Advisory Opinion 10-025 10-025Did the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a data request for the “names of individuals whose driving privileges have been affected by the re-pass co…
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Advisory Opinion 10-024 10-024Did the City of Wayzata comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it charged $265 to copy approximately 61 pages from the approximately 473 pages that the requestor inspected?
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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 10-017 10-017Did School District 47, Sauk Rapids-Rice, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in responding to a January 10, 2010, request for a listing of outside consulting activities in which the superintendent has engaged o…
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Advisory Opinion 10-015 10-015Did Independent School District 152, Moorhead, comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in denying access to the terms of a tentative settlement agreement with District teachers?
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Advisory Opinion 10-007 10-007Did Ramsey County comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in charging $600 for copies of government data?
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Advisory Opinion 10-003 10-003Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, what is the classification of data in a City of Winnebago report related to an investigation into complaints made by a city employee?
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Advisory Opinion 09-027 09-027Did the City of Palisade comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, in regard to a request for data made on September 15 and October 15, 2009?