The Coloradoan newspaper in Fort Collins requested a digital database of Colorado State University's employee names, salaries and raises to examine allegations by a CSU professor that the university has based pay raises on gender.
CSU denied the request, saying it already has made those records available in hard-copy form in the university's library — a physical record of 145 pages covering more than 4,500 employees.
Technically, it appears that CSU is following state open records law.