I was shooting the breeze the other day with Rich Neumeister in his “office” at the state Capitol when the mayor of West St. Paul came over and introduced himself. “You don’t know me ...

The police have never knocked down Rich Neumeister's door in the middle of the night. They haven't rifled through his files, tapped his phone or done anything else that explains Neumeister's ...

Rich Neumeister, a citizen activist who closely follows state open records and privacy laws, noted that state agencies are already required to protect private data. Neumeister questioned the true ...

Before too many city employees hit too many delete keys, “the City Council should find out more about what’s happening,” suggests Rich Neumeister, a watchdog and activist on data practices.

longtime open government advocate Rich Neumeister sees several potential pitfalls. While he doesn’t have a problem with the government taking steps to protect the health of its citizens ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --Minneapolis police are about to gain access to vast amounts of information that will make it easier to connect local suspects to crimes committed in other states. But the ...

They have not yet received the court filing, he said. Rich Neumeister, an advocate for open government, said going to court is the only option to get around the statute that keeps active criminal ...

"It is a secret file," said longtime open-government activist Rich Neumeister. "This is a policy that's rife for mischief and not following the law." St. Paul adopted its "administrative lockdown ...

Rich Neumeister, a citizen advocate for privacy and open government, said in his testimony against the proposal that tracking devices amount to a search and should require warrants. He said ...

“I’ve lived downtown for nearly four decades,” said Rich Neumeister, a self-described citizen’s lobbyist who has been contacting city and state officials for a more thorough explanation.

Ivy Bernhardson, the chief judge in Hennepin County, laid down the rules in December on how prosecutors and defense attorneys should handle video footage from police body cameras before criminal ...