jeffrey a. roberts
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Colorado public records mediation bill gets a new trial with big amendments
My friend and former coworker Jeffrey Roberts says legislation to help people seeking public records avoid a courtroom to get them is getting a retrial. On the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition blog, Roberts said House Bill 1177 was reworked to create a cooling off period, a meeting between the record requester and its custodian and shared…
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Coalition says bills make open records, well, more open
The public could find it easier to get public records in Colorado if a handful of legislators, both Republicans and Democrats, get what they want in the next legislative session. My friend Jeffrey A. Roberts previews several possible reforms to Colorado’s Open Records Act in the legislative session that begins Wednesday on the Colorado Freedom…