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— FOI FYI — Sunshine Chair in your state — David Cuillier, FOI Committee chairman, 520-626-9694 — Open Doors publication guide to access Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press — Reports and tips regarding access, including a guide to using FOIA and a state-by-state explanation of access laws. — Online FOIA and state request letter generators Student Press Law Center — Online state records request letter generator and guides to campus records Coalition of Journalists for Open Government — Tracks issues regarding access issues Citizen Access Project — State-by-state comparison and ratings of access laws National Freedom of Information Coalition — Contact coalitions in your state — Also, see http://www.missouri.edu/~foiwww Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) — Keyword searchable morgue of 23,000 investigative stories and 2,000 tip sheets — Hundreds of FOIA requests that have been filed — Cheap access to dozens of federal databases — Web site (Membership required for full use of site) The Associated Press FOI page Find news and issues regarding FOI at this Web site updated by The Associated Press. Openthegovernment.org This non-profit group, represented by a variety of organizations including SPJ, has current news and reports on FOI. This group is particularly good at keeping up on federal access issues. The National Security Archive This institute separate from government acquires and posts a variety of interesting government documents. Check it out for great story ideas. Government Attic This site launched in 2007 gathers a variety of interesting federal records and posts them online, mainly as pdf files, for people to view and use as they like. Great story ideas. Freedom of Information Center This center at the University of Missouri School of Journalism provides a ton of information about access to public records laws and access audits. OMB Watch This group fights for open government information for citizens, posting news and providing sources and studies on freedom of information. Check it out. Web sites with great document-driven ideas you can use in your own community — SPJ Open Doors, records A-Z — IRE Extra! Extra! daily stories — Society of Environmental Journalists story archive — Center for Investigative Reporting story blog — iDig Answers “hit records” — Google News Alerts (Go to Google News, click on “News Alerts”, then set up alerts with keywords such as “public records request” and “freedom of information” and Google will send you links to stories that contain those keywords).  Click here to contact the Project Sunshine Chair in your state. |
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David Cuillier, a former newspaper reporter and editor, is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Arizona. He researches public attitudes toward freedom of information and is one of the SPJ newsroom trainers for acquiring government documents.
