Colorado Private Investigator's
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State Information Access:

Posted November 23
Workers' Comp Surveillance Operatives Required to Tell All Under Proposed Legislation

Posted October 26
Denver Police Change Policy on Retaining DUI arrest records

Posted June 18
New CBI Database Lists Stolen Vehicles

Posted June 3
Colorado Physician Profiles Now Online

Posted April 21
Judicial Department Plan to Take Online Court Record Access In-House Is Derailed

Posted April 14
Judicial Department Wants to Run Online Court Access

Posted April 13
Colorado Gets Good Marks in Survey of Information Online

Posted March 13
CTLA Names Three "Case-of-the-Year" Finalists

Posted March 9

Legislative Panel Nixes Bill to Allow PIs to Register for Improved Access to Public Records

Posted February 10
DMV Proposes Restricting Investigators' Access to Records

Posted January 23
Boulder Process Server Arrested and Charged with Fraud

Posted Dec. 19, 2008
Physicians Database Now Has Info on Nearly 1,000 Docs - and Counting

Posted Nov. 12
DMV Relaxes Restrictions on Access to Driver Records

Posted August 18
Colorado Judicial Department To Launch Redesigned Web Site

Posted August 12
Newspaper Sues Governor Over Access to Cell-Phone Records

Posted August 4
Critics Say School Board Emails Are Public Meetings

Posted July 8
Coloradans Now Able to Erase Criminal Convictions

Posted June 23
Colorado's Top Regulator Has Excuse for New Restrictions on Access to DMV Records

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Federal Information Access:

Posted October 29
Office of New FOIA Ombudsman Now Open for Business

Posted September 17
Obama Administration Gets Mixed Grades in "Secrecy Report Card"

Posted September 11
Obama Administration Criticized on Transparency Initiative

Posted April 9
Justice Chief Holder Sets New Guidelines For Responses to Records Requests

Posted March 13
FBI Wins Awward for Worst Record of Responding to FOIA Requests

Posted January 19
FOIA Amendments Approved in '07 Legislation Now in Effect

Posted Dec. 15, 2008
Activists Call on Obama to Improve Public Access to Federal Records Quickly

Posted Nov. 12
Web Site Created to Pull Back the Veil of Secrecy Shrouding the Bank Bailout

Posted October 22
Feds Propose Rules for FOIA Requests to Freddie and Fannie Mac

Posted September 10
Report: Federal government Secrecy Intensified in '07

Posted September 5
Expanding FOIA - What Other Agencies Should be Covered?

Posted July 16
Study: Federal Agencies Granting Fewer FOIA Requests

Posted July 11
Bush Threatens to Veto Measure Preserving Emails

Posted June 25
Feds Puts the Hammer on PIs Using Deceit to Get Phone Records

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Court Rulings:

Posted Dec. 10
CO Supremes Say Records Request Not Properly Considered

Posted October 15
Judge Rejects Bid For Access To Ritter Cell-Phone Records

Posted Setember 24
Federal Court To DOJ: Get National Vehicle Title Database Up and Running

Posted August 4
Federal Appeals Court Bans 'Secret' Juries

Posted July 15
Judge Tosses Records Lawsuit Against Aurora Councilman

Posted June 26
Tax Returns Still Hard to Obtain - Even Through Discovery

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Databases:

Posted November 4
Lexis Search Tool Covers Ten Years of State and Federal Appellate Court Cases

Posted June 17
Obtain Information on Pollution Reports by Neighborhood 

Posted May 6
Google's New Search Tool Aimed at Making Accessing Public Data Easier

Posted March 11
Facebook Adds Search Tool and Criminal History Check

Posted Dec. 12, 2008
New Site Collects Public Employee Salary Databases

Posted Oct. 2
Texas AG Touts Closure of Colorado Firm Selling Phone Records

Posted August 19
Colorado Judicial Department Adds Docket Search Database to Its Web Site

Posted July 14
Search motorcycle accidents nationwide

Posted June 24
Records of Federal Advisory Committees Now Online and Searchable

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Private Investigators in the News:

Posted March 3
California PI Tracking Down Long-time Ski Instructor

Posted February 22
Florida PI Details Code Violations by Police Lieutenant

Posted February 15

Florida City Council Stops Negotiating with Ex-Manager After Reading PI's Report

Posted February 2
Family of Missing Massachusetts Man Hires Nationally-Known PI

Posted January 31
LA PI Gets Restraining Order Against the Quaids

Posted January 13
School Board Hires PI to Help On Sex Assault Case

Posted December 18
PI Helps Family Find Daughter Taken By Internet Friend

Posted November 16
PI Helps Businesses Nab Crate Thieves

Posted October 6
Colorado School Principal Allows "CSI" PIs to Interview Student

Posted September 16
Siblings Reunited After 34 Years - Thanks to PI

Posted September 2
New Jersey Man Credits PI and Facebook With Finding Siblings He Never Knew

Posted August 24
PI Finds Evidence of Bugging at Oklahoma Charity

Posted August 12
Backpack Likely Saved Life of Denver PI Who Was Shot on Surveillance Assignment

Posted August 4

Is New Mexico Killer Toying with Private Investigator on his Trail?

Posted July 27
California Assessor Hires PI To Follow Employee

Posted July 24
Mother Rips Police, Hires PI to Investigate Son's Death at Party

Posted July 20

Family Hires PI to Investigate Suspicious Death

Posted July 17
County Commissioners Hire PI to Investigate Planning Department

Posted July 16

"Sick" Firefighters Exposed by PIs Hired by Mayor

Posted February 18
Colorado DMV Still Doesn’t Get It: Restricting Access to Records Hurts Coloradans

Posted September 4
Why is the Colorado Supreme Court Still in the Dark Ages on Access to Court Records?

Posted August 1
Why Isn't Congress Covered by FOIA?

Posted June 27
The Hazards of Using an Eraser on History: The Colorado Legislature’s Ugly Lesson

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