The Minnesota Government Data
Practices Act (MN STAT 13) ensures
that all government data collected,
created, received, maintained or
disseminated by government agencies
in Minnesota is public unless
otherwise classified by law. The
Minnesota government data practices
act establishes the following rights
and responsibilities for access to
government data:
- Records containing
government data must be easily
accessible for convenient use,
and agencies must receive and
comply with requests for the
data in an appropriate and
prompt manner.
- Persons have the right to
inspect public government data
at reasonable times and places
at no cost.
- Persons have the right to
get copies of public government
data upon request, although they
may be charged for the actual
cost of copying the data.
- Persons have the right to be
informed of the meaning of
public data.
- If the data sought is
classified in a way that
prevents one from seeing it, one
has the right to be informed of
that fact, and told the statute
or law that classifies the data.
The board deals most commonly
with data classified as "licensing"
data pursuant to MN STAT 13.41. As
with other areas governed by the
Data Practices Act, licensing data
is divided into three categories:
- Public data
is accessible to any member of
the public in accordance with
the provisions of the Data
Practices Act.
- Private data
is not public but is accessible
to the individual subject of the
data.
- Confidential data
is not made public by statute or
federal law and is inaccessible
to the individual subject of the
data.
The Data Practices Act governs
the release of information by Roseau
County. Furthermore, the Data
Practices Act applies to information
conveyed verbally as well as that
contained on documents, recordings,
or computer disc. Therefore, prior
to release of any information,
employees should consult the
Minnesota Data Practices Act for a
determination as to the
classification of data.
I have read and agree to the above
statement. I would like to download
the
Public Information Request Form.
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