Freedom of Information Links
Sunshine Week Anthem
Government Sites
A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records
FBI FOIA
FOIA Reference Guide, issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Information Policy Analysis Division Minnesota Department of Administration
US Department of State - Freedom of Information Act
Minnesota Statutes 2007 Chapter 13. Government Data Practices
Minnesota Legislature on television
Text of the Data Practices Act
Minnesota Open Meeting Law
Minnesota Data Practices
Other Sites
Access Reports
American Association of Law Libraries
American Library Association Washington Office
Asian American Journalists
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
Center for Digital Government
Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act
CityTownInfo.com
Coalition of Journalists For Open Government
County Government 101
Daily Document - by the University of Minnesota Government Publications Library
Electronic Privacy Information Center: Open Government
First Amendment Center
Florida Society of Newspaper Editors
FOIA Contacts in Federal Agencies
Freedom of Information
Interntational Freedom of Information Day
Judicial Watch
League of Women Voters
The 'Lectric Law Library Lawcopedia's
Legislative updates – federal (includes access to government information)
Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project at the University of Florida
National Freedom of Information Coalition
National Security Archive
Online Network of Freedom of Information Advocates
Open the Government
Project on Government Oversight
Reporter's Committee for Freedom of the Press (and their Freedom of Information Services)
Secrecacy Report Card 2006
Society of Professional Journalists
Sunshine in Government Initiative
Sunshine Week
User’s guide to FOIA
Union of Concerned Scientists
Background Information
Fully-Automated Fill-in-the-Blanks FOI Letter Generator, for use by both the press & public in filing requests, appeals & complaints.
Open Government Guide for each state that details open government and open meeting laws. The “User’s Guide” is especially helpful.
FOI Bibliography by David Shedden
Internatioanl Right to Know
Digital Preservation
Definitions of Digital Preservation - Prepared by the Preservation and Reformatting Section, Working Group on Defining Digital Preservation ALA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., June 24, 2007
Electronic Documents Study - coordinated by the Office of Enterprise Technology (OET), working through a project steering team comprised of the state archivist, legislative reference librarian and OET's director of strategic planning.