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Resources
— Internet resources
— Nonprofit state FOI organizations and their phone numbers
— ‘Open Doors’ logos available for download



Internet Resources

National organizations with online resources:

— Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
— The Freedom Forum
— The Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri
— The National Freedom of Information Coalition
— Investigative Reporters & Editors

Media-specific organizations that also have strong FOI components:

— American Society of Newspaper Editors
— Radio-Television News Directors Association

For specific help with FOI issues on college or university campuses, visit:

— Security on Campus, Inc.
— Student Press Law Center

For access to FOI laws in all 50 states, visit:

—The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press The Reporters Committee offers its excellent “Tapping Officials’ Secrets” publications in print, CD-Rom or online form. The organization’s Web site allows you to search for references to specific areas within state laws.)
—The Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project This Web site was created by the Brechner Center for FOI at the University of Florida. It offers in-depth analysis and comparisons of FOI provisions in all 50 states.)
— FOIAdvocates The law firm of Bahr & Stotter, Eugene Ore./

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Nonprofit state FOI organizations

Alabama Center for Open Government: 205/348-7155
Alaska FOI: 907/272-7549
Arizona First Amendment Coalition: 602/351-8000
California First Amendment Coalition: 916/974-8888
First Amendment Project (California): 510/208-7744
Connecticut Foundation for Open Government: 860/566-5682
Florida First Amendment Foundation: 800/337-3518
Georgia First Amendment Foundation: 404/525-3646
Open Government Coalition of Hawaii: 808/523-8509
FOIndiana, Inc.: 317/630-9591
Iowa Freedom of Information Council: 515/271-2295
Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government: 316/978-6060
Michigan FOI Committee: 313/577-8379
Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information: 601/992-OPEN
Missouri Freedom of Information Center: 573/882-4856
Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, Inc.: 406/442-7440
New Jersey Foundation for Open Government: 908/822-1286
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government: 505/764-3750
North Carolina Press Association “Sunshine Line”: 919/833-3833
Ohio Center for Privacy and the First Amendment: 330/672-2572
Ohio Coalition for Open Government: 614/486-6677
FOI Oklahoma, Inc.: 405/341-3169
Open Oregon: Freedom of Information Coalition: 503/725-5687
Access/Rhode Island: 401/277-7319
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Inc.: 214/977-6658
SPJ Utah FOI Hot Line: 800/547-4546
Utah Foundation for Open Government: 614/486-6677
Virginia Coalition for Open Government: 540/353-8264
Wisconsin FOI Council: 262/542-2501

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“Open Doors” logos

We’re making it easy for visual media to flag FOI-related stories, whether in print or electronic form. The “Open Doors” logos and icons may be downloaded and reproduced. All files are in EPS format, and are “zipped” or “stuffed:”

Macintosh .sit archives

— RGB Landscape
— RGB Portrait
— Grayscale Landscape
— Grayscale Portrait

Windows .zip archives

— RGB Landscape
— RGB Portrait
— Grayscale Landscape
— Grayscale Portrait

Terms of use: All we ask is that you let us know how you have used them. We’d also appreciate seeing an example. Please contact Beth King at 317/927-8000 x211 or [email protected].

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