> Wouldn't the McKinsey study done on a pro bono basis for a governmental > body/city be subject to Open Records? > > Kris Musser > Linden Hills
The assumption in Minnesota is that everything is open to citizen inspection unless specifically identified as not public information. (the laws that govern this are known as the "Sunshine in Government" laws and are fairly strict in Minnesota) The things that the public cannot get generally are restricted to a relatively few things - you can't ask for information from the attorney who is defending the City in a court case, there are limits on what you can get related to employee records, etc. Beyond that, any citizen can go in and ask for just about any bit of information that the government has. So it would seem to me that any citizen who wanted to ask for preliminary documents, working papers, etc, would be able to ask for them and obtain them from the City. Carol Becker Longfellow _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
