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The advisory opinion library currently includes:
- Data practices advisory opinions issued by the Commissioner of Administration from 1993 to the present.
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Advisory Opinion 08-004
April 11, 2008; City of Duluth
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: Did the City of Duluth comply with Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, when it denied public access to the following data: the names of all retirees and dependents who currently receive "free" retiree health care from their employment with the City; and the total value and nature of health care benefits each person has received?
Category: Personnel data
Keywords: Personnel data, Fringe benefits
Commissioner: Dana B. Badgerow
Advisory Opinion 04-017
March 26, 2004; City of Thief River Falls
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, what is the classification of the following data that the City of Thief River Falls maintains: the dollar value of an employee's health insurance benefit?
Category: Personnel data
Keywords: Personnel data, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164), Fringe benefits
Commissioner: Brian J. Lamb
Advisory Opinion 02-046
November 19, 2002; University of Minnesota
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 University of Minnesota respond appropriately to a request for the following data: "Individual parking records for all full time parking and transportation employees including: managerial, supervisory, staff, full time senior parking attendants, utility workers, maintenance and operations mechanics from January 1, 1993 to present?"
Category: Personnel data
Keywords: Personnel data, Fringe benefits, Parking records
Commissioner: David F. Fisher
Advisory Opinion 02-030
August 30, 2002; City of Delavan
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, sections 13.03 and 13.43, did the City of Delavan respond appropriately to requests for access to the following data: 1) the actual gross salaries, fringe benefits, expense reimbursements, and extra meeting reimbursements for eight named City employees/city council members for 2001, and for January through May 2002; and 2) all bills the City paid during 2001, and during January through May 2002?
Category: Personnel data, Response to data requests
Keywords: Personnel data, Response to data requests, Actual gross salary or compensation, Fringe benefits, Inappropriate response, generally
Commissioner: David F. Fisher