FOIA Resources

FOIA

Department of Justice

    o   Freedom of Information Act Guide
                http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/foi-act.htm

    o   FOIA Reference Materials
                http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/04_7.html

    o   Freedom of Information Act Resources
                http://www.usdoj.gov/oip/

A Citizens Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records
(House Report 109-226)
http://www.fas.org/sgp/foia/citizen.html

How to Use the Federal FOI Act
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
http://rcfp.org/foiact/

40 Years of FOIA, 20 Years of Delay: Oldest Pending FOIA Requests Date Back to the 1980’s
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB224/index.htm

Your Right to Federal Records: Questions and Answers on the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/foia/foia.pdf  

Update to FOIA under Obama: http://www.justice.gov/ag/foia-memo-march2009.pdf

The three exclusions, which are rarely used, pertain to especially sensitive law enforcement and national security matters.

-          http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/foia/foia.htm

Federal Open Government Guide: http://www.rcfp.org/fogg/index.php?

FOIA Letter Generator: http://www.rcfp.org/foialetter/index.php

All federal agencies FOIA websites: http://www.justice.gov/oip/other_age.htm

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: http://www.rcfp.org/

Texas Public Information Act

Basics from TX State Library: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/agency/customer/pia.html

2004 Public Information Handbook: http://www.oag.state.tx.us/AG_Publications/txts/2004publicinfohb_toc.shtml

The Texas Public Information Act at a Glance: http://www.tml.org/legal_pdf/2006TXPubInfoAct.pdf

Open Meetings: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/open/index.shtml

Open Records Policy: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/records.shtml

FOIA Books

Freedom of Information Act
Christopher L. Henry
Novinka Books, 2003 (KF 5753 .F74 2003)

Your Right to Know: How to use the Freedom of Information Act and other access laws
Heather Brooke
Pluto Press, 2005 (KD 3756 .B76 2005)