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• Finding and Negotiating for Data

  This tipsheet details why you need a data strategy; where to find the data; and how to negotiate for it once you've found it. There are detailed resources and tips for all three topics.

  Tags: data; databases; FOIA; open records laws; open meeting laws;

  By Danielle Cervantes

  2010

• Access Arizona: Training and tips for acquiring public records and covering meetings in Arizona

  This handout begins with a general overview of story ideas derived from FOI laws and guidance on creating a document driven newsroom. The second part of the handout details FOI laws specific to the state of Arizona.

  Tags: Arizona; FOIA; Freedom of Information Act; open records; sunshine laws; story ideas; documents; open meetings; FOI request

  By David Cuillier

  2007

• Public Access: It's Really Quite Simple

  This tipsheet begins with 13 tips for asking officials for public records. The tipsheet then continues with a list of seven potential obstacles to your request, and advice about overcoming them. The last two pages of the tipsheet are sample public records requests, and a script for objecting to courtroom closure.

  Tags: FOIA; public records; open meetings; backgrounding; sourcing; Freedom of Information; Sunshine Law

  By Alan Miller

  2005

• Highlights of the NC Open Meetings Law

  This tipsheet is a good overview of North Carolina's open meetings laws. Packer includes information about what constitutes an open meeting, who is allowed to attend, justification for closed session and how to respond to closed meetings that should be open.

  Tags: FOIA; open records; open meetings; public body; city council

  By Cathy Packer

  2005

• Highlights of the NC Public Records Law

  This tipsheet is a very comprehensive guide to North Carolina's public records law. Packer discusses the proper way to make a request, how to answer the "reason for request", paying fees and asking for computerized records. Packer also includes a section on which records are public and which are not.

  Tags: freedom of information; FOIA; open meetings; open records; data negotiation

  By Cathy Packer

  2005

• The public's right to records and meetings

  Florida's open records laws are among the nation's most liberal. This tipsheet tells you which records are public, how to get them, what you as a reporter are legally entitled to see, and describes the stipulations of the Sunshine Law. Doug Stanley also includes a template of a Florida public records request.

  Tags: public records access; Chapter 119; public meetings access; Chapter 286; Florida records request

  By Doug Stanley

  2005

• The Public's Right to Records and Meetings

  This tipsheet offers Web sites and information relating to public open records laws in Indiana and elsewhere.

  Tags: FOI; public records; public documents; open records requests; Web site; Indiana; The Indiana Open Door Law; Access to Public Records Act; Public Access Counselor

  By Gerry Lanosga

  2004

• Notes and Practice Pointers regarding New York open records and open meetings laws

  Abdulla offers this concise, comprehensive analysis of New York's public records laws, complete with a sample FOI request and letter of appeal. While the information applies specifically to New York, much of it is applicable in other states, as well.

  Tags: FOIA; freedom of information; public records

  By Karim A. Abdulla

  2003

• Pennsylvania's Open Records/ Right to know law

  Prine offers this handy how-to guide for requesting public records using Pennsylvania's latest edition of the "Right to Know" law. Tipsheet covers the big changes to the law, some tips and background.

  Tags: public records; FOIA; sunshine laws

  By Carl Prine

  2003