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By Jeffrey A. Roberts
CFOIC Executive Director
“Judicial records belong to the American people; they are public, not private, documents.”
So says the first page of a brief the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition submitted to the Court of Appeals this week, challenging a judge’s suppression order that has made an entire divorce case file and the o...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts
CFOIC Executive Director
A case in the Court of Appeals about the redaction of public records “presents a simple but monumental question for the future of government transparency in Colorado,” the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition says in an amicus brief.
“If a portion of a public record contains confidential information, ...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts
CFOIC Executive Director
Efforts to weaken the Colorado Open Records Act and give an open meetings law exemption to the state Public Utilities Commission fell short during the 2026 session of the General Assembly, which ended Wednesday.
State lawmakers also restored access to funeral home inspection reports, addressed the opaquene...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts
CFOIC Executive Director
State lawmakers are adding themselves and many other government officials in Colorado to the list of “protected persons” who, for safety reasons, can get their home addresses and other personal information removed from public records posted on the internet.
The list in statute currently includes law enforc...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts
CFOIC Executive Director
State lawmakers are rewriting portions of Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act and other statutes to ensure that family members of people killed by police get quicker access to body-worn and dashboard camera footage and additional information.
Following the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and E...