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Requesting & Accessing Data (391 opinions)
Response to data requests
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Advisory Opinion 97-001 97-001Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03, has Ramsey County responded appropriately to Mr. Plisner's October 25, 1996, request for access to public data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-060 96-060Has the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency complied with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03 in response to a request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-043 96-043Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, are the notes made by Officer Johnson regarding his response to the 911 call made by N accessible to N?
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Advisory Opinion 96-036 96-036Are the Humane Society investigators' reports of farm inspections of two persons currently on probation, and subject to certain conditions of that probation, public data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-030 96-030Is Mr. Ravnitzky entitled to gain access to data contained in
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Advisory Opinion 96-026 96-026Has the City of Lake City complied with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes Section 13.03, subdivisions 2 and 3, and Minnesota Rules Section 1205, regarding a request for access to data?
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Advisory Opinion 96-024 96-024Is Mr. O'Connor entitled to a copy of the District memorandum he referred to in his letter dated April 16, 1996? Is he entitled to a copy of the
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Advisory Opinion 96-022 96-022Is Mr. Northrup, the respondent in a Minnesota Department of Human Rights closed case, entitled to gain access to any of the data in the charging party's rebuttal statement?
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Advisory Opinion 96-013 96-013Has OEA complied with its obligation, under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, to provide Mr. Young with access to the following: any and all data, including reports, correspondence, memoranda, etc., which relate to the Com…
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Advisory Opinion 96-012 96-012Is Mr. Spaulding entitled to gain access to the data he requested? What is DNR's obligation under Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 to respond to Mr. Spaulding's request?
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Advisory Opinion 96-006 96-006Has the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources complied with the public access requirements of Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13 when a member of the public requested access to government data and, after approximately te…
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Advisory Opinion 96-003 96-003Does the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act require the MPHA to keep records containing government data in such an arrangement and condition as to make them easily accessible for convenient use? If so, has the MPHA…
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Advisory Opinion 95-042 95-042Are the following data public: A
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Advisory Opinion 95-025 95-025Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, is Vadnais Heights required to calculate the amount of a pending assessment on a particular parcel of property when a member of the public so requests?
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Advisory Opinion 95-021 95-021At what point do materials, which are public government data, created or collected for the purpose of a city council meeting, become public data?
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Advisory Opinion 95-006 95-006Has the City of Bloomington violated provisions of Minnesota law that require government entities to respond to requests for access to data within a certain time frame?
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Advisory Opinion 94-053 94-053Whether he has the right to gain access to data that has been blanked out by his probation officer.
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Advisory Opinion 94-046 94-046What is the classification of data maintained by the Department concerning a certain insurance company and a wholly owned subsidiary of that company?
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Advisory Opinion 94-043 94-043Are data maintained by the Bloomington Fire Department Relief Association accessible by the public under the provisions of Chapter 13 of Minnesota Statutes?
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Advisory Opinion 94-024 94-024Is the Program in Human Sexuality improperly denying X access to data maintained about him?
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Advisory Opinion 94-017 94-017Whether your office is required by Minnesota Statutes Sections 13.03 and 13.04 to provide her with access to data concerning the County's collection and payment of child support to her?
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Advisory Opinion 94-014 94-014Are the questions and documents [that he asked and requested] considered public data, was the method he used to make his request a legitimate one, [and] did the City respond in a legal and timely manner?
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Advisory Opinion 94-005 94-005Was Steele County's response to X's request the response contemplated by the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, and hereinafter
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Advisory Opinion 94-001 94-001Did ISD 829 violate the rights of Mr. Hay by denying him immediate access to the school records of the children without, in any way, on the date when he requested the records, stating any reason for the denial. Minnesot…
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Advisory Opinion 93-009 93-009In your view, was it a responsibility of the Minnesota Department of Education to review compliance with Chapter 13, as well as compliance with FERPA? Did the Minnesota Department of Education violate the law by failing…