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    • Data practices advisory opinions issued by the Commissioner of Administration from 1993 to the present.
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    Advisory Opinion 03-041
    October 1, 2003; Minnesota Department of Corrections
    This is an opinion of the Commissioner of Administration issued pursuant to section 13.072 of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 - the Minnesota Government Data ...
    Description: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, did the Minnesota Department of Corrections respond appropriately to a request for access to the following data: booking data that previously were accessible to the public as part of the "Detention Information System" database?
    Category: Response to data requests
    Keywords: Response to data requests, Corrections (299C.147), No change in classification (13.03, subd. 4(c))
    Commissioner: Brian J. Lamb
    mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/opinions-library.jsp?id=36-267826
    Advisory Opinion 02-050
    December 17, 2002; Minnesota Department of Public Safety
    This is an opinion of the Commissioner of Administration issued pursuant to section 13.072 of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 - the Minnesota Government Data ...
    Description: If the Minnesota Department of Public Safety waived attorney-client privilege as to the legal memorandum from the Attorney General's Office, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, would the memorandum, in whole or in part, be public data?
    Category: Law enforcement data
    Keywords: Law enforcement data, Attorney-client privilege (595.02), Criminal investigative data (13.82, subd. 7), No change in classification (13.03, subd. 4(c))
    Commissioner: David F. Fisher
    mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/opinions-library.jsp?id=36-267350
    Advisory Opinion 98-031
    June 11, 1998; Minnesota Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Mental Retardation
    This is an opinion of the Commissioner of Administration issued pursuant to section 13.072 of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 - the Minnesota Government Data ...
    Description: Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, has the Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Mental Retardation responded properly to a January 16, 1998 (later clarified in a letter dated March 31, 1998), request for access to the following data collected/created/received from January 1, 1994, to present: a version of the Death Review Index that includes the names of the dead persons; and copies of reports and other documents concerning death cases (those under full or limited review) that were created or compiled by the Ombudsman's office after the death of the subject?
    Category: Response to data requests, Welfare data
    Keywords: Response to data requests, Welfare data, Decedents (13.10), Decedents, Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities (245.91 - 245.97), No change in classification (13.03, subd. 4(c))
    Commissioner: Elaine S. Hansen
    mn.gov/admin/data-practices/opinions/library/opinions-library.jsp?id=36-267705

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