Title: National Freedom of Information Coalition

Source/Sponsoring Agency: National Freedom of Information Coalition

URL: http://www.nfoic.org/

Date Checked: 4/11/2004      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 4/11/2004

Topics: Administrative Law

Other keywords: FOIA; Sunshine; Freedom of Information; Information Law

Contents: The activist site National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC) seeks to educate media professionals, attorneys, academics, students, and the general public on FOI issues and the public’s right to know. The NFOIC’s website promotes the planting of start-up FOI organizations in individual states, and assists its members through joint fundraising, project planning, and the interchange of ideas and information. Site visitors may access the organization’s newsletters, join the listserv (and read its archive dating back to 1994), and learn more about the coalition through its press releases, member directory, and conference materials. Researchers will not want to miss the site’s Resources section, which provides information-at-a-glance for each U.S. state, including open meeting laws, open record laws, administrative contacts, and other FOI-related information. The Resources page also contains a page for Federal U.S. and Canadian FOI information.

Author of Annotation: B. Kreisler