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A nice heads-up from national access advocate Michael Ravnitzky: The National Archives has, for the first time, released a database of the complete box holdings of the Federal Records Center. These are the records that are still...

A tip from the FOI-L listserv: The Lucy Burns Institute has established a new site, Wikifoia, that aims to provide an extensive and growing “How To” guide for citizens who are thinking about filing an open records...

ICOG board member Tony Fargo reports back on the hot topics under discussion by more than 100 public access advocates at the recent National Freedom of Information Coalition convention.   More than 100 public access...

Journalists and citizens alike came to the national headquarters of the Society of Professional Journalists in May to hear tips from a panel of access experts on how to pry information out of reluctant public officials. Keith...

The Indiana Coalition for Open Government has signed on to a national effort urging lawmakers to support major improvements to the federal Freedom of Information Act. OpenTheGovernment.org, of which ICOG is an affiliate, is...