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Freedom of Information / Sunshine Laws
and Computer-Assisted Reporting


Relevant North Carolina Offices
NC Opengov.Org
North Carolina Press Association
North Carolina Attorney General's Office
North Carolina Office of the State Auditor

NC Chapter 132, Public Records
NC Government Records Branch, guidelines for public records
NC, Records Management, resources
NC, Laws Relating to Confidential Records Held by NC Gov't (PDF)
(note Public Education chapter beginning on page 64)

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Society of Professional Journalists
SPJ - FOI
SPJ - FOI Resources
SPJ - FOI Centers

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
How to Use the Federal FOI Act
Tapping Officials' Secrets

Access Reports
Student Press Law Center
SPLC, Other Resources

Journalism Training, resources
ACLU's Step-by-Step FOI Guide
University of Florida Brechner Center for Freedom of Information

Freedom of Information Center, University of Missouri
Access to Public Information
FOI Center, Laws and Resources
FOI Center, State Sunshine Laws
FOI Center, Open Records Surveys

First Amendment Cyber Tribune (States' FOI Acts)
FOI Links and Resources

Investigative Journalism (with FOI relevance)
Investigative Reporters and Editors
IRE, Reporter.Org (list of journalism associations, resources, & publications)
Investigative Journalism, Columbia University Library
First Amendment Center - FOI
First Amendment Center - FOI, Extensive Links
Center for Public Integrity
NFOIC

Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)
EPIC - Open Government
EPIC - Citizen's Guide to FOI

Center for Democracy and Technology
CDT 10 Most Wanted Documents

University of Iowa Journalism Resources
Media Law Resources

Society of Environmental Journalists
SEJ Tipsheet

Computer-Assisted Reporting (CAR)
Computer Assisted Reporting, Columbia University Library
IRE, National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting

The CAR/CARR Links, Ryerson Institute
   

Selected FED Sites
FBI, FOIA
DOJ, Information and Privacy
CDC, FOIA
NHTSA, FOIA
Clinton 1993 Memo on FOI

LAW
US Supreme Court
Legal Information Institute, Cornell
Media Law Resources
LEXIS-NEXIS, Commercial
LEXIS-NEXIS through WCU Hunter Library (preferred, ID required): Academic, Congressional, Statistical

...& Crime
Resources for Criminal Justice Journalists (LINKS)
Crime Guide (Covering Crime and Justice)


Other FOI-Relevant:
The Smoking Gun
The Muckraker.Org
Center for Public Integrity
Electronic Frontier Foundation
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Poynter Institute, Resource Center
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
National Press Foundation

The Freedom Forum on Line
Freedom Forum
Freedom Forum, FOI



Auditor General - State of Illinois (offered as example)
 
 
Link to US Government, Economics, Politics, Media