The Data Practices Act and the Administrative Rules assign a number of duties to government entities (Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, Minnesota Rules, Chapter 1205).
The specific employees in an entity who have the authority and responsibility for carrying out these duties are:
The responsible authority (RA) is the person who ultimately is responsible for the collection, use, and dissemination of all entity data, and for all the entity’s data practices decisions.
A designee is a person designated by the RA to help administer and implement the requirements of the Data Practices Act.
The data practices compliance official (DPCO) receives and responds to questions or concerns about data practices problems, including issues accessing data that the entity keeps.
