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Additional FOIA Resources
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Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Measuring Transparency Under the FOIA- CREW/Openthegovernment.org report, Dec 2011
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
- Federal Open Government Guide
- FOIA letter generator
Templates for a requester to build a request/appeal letter
- Federal Open Government Guide
- Collaboration on Government Secrecy
A non-partisan educational project devoted to openness in government, freedom of information, government transparency, and the study of "government secrecy" in the United States and internationally - First Amendment Center
Serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, and the rights to assemble and to petition the government - FOIAdvocates
Links to State public record laws
- FOIA Blog
A web site for blogging about everything FOIA and government disclosure - FOI Advocate Blog
The official blog of the National Freedom of Information Coalition and the FOI Advocate
- National Freedom of Information Coalition
Tracks news, stories that used open records laws, and policy developments
- Newspaper Association of America
Writes periodic updates on FOIA policy developments - OpenTheGovernment.org
- Measuring Transparency Under the FOIA- CREW/Openthegovernment.org report, Dec 2011
- The Radio-Television Digital News Association
Section on FOIA under "Best Practices" addresses current issues - Sunshine in Government Initiative
- FOIA Statistics
- FOIA Annual Reports Analysis
- FOIA Files
Searchable collection of over 600 news and other stories that the federal FOIA made possible
- PBS History Detectives
A brief primer on what to expect when filing a FOIA request. - Bloggers' Legal Guide to FOIA
Electronic Frontier Foundation-explains the FOIA, gives tips on how to make a request, gives advice on what to expect when making a request, as well as explains the rights of requesters - Society of Environmental Journalists
Policy developments on federal openness and secrecy, including FOIA, as well as access to environmental information. - Society of Professional Journalists
Includes a FOI audit toolkit, and other resources - Archive-It FOIA Collection
Collection of sites that deal with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and documents, run by the Internet Archive - Government Attic
Provides electronic copies of interesting Federal Government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act - Scribd.com
Collection by FOIA requester groups of hundreds of documents acquired through the FOIA and other public disclosure, or "sunshine," laws - National Security Archive at George Washington University
Publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act- MuckRock
Provides a service to file FOIA requests and posts released documents with the requests - MuckRock