How-to FOIA websites
(RCFP) Reporter’s Committee for Freedom of the Press - FOIA is represented as an important tool for reporter’s to verify or uncover important stories
Public Citizen - a national non-profit public interest organization
(ASNE) American Society of Newspaper Editors
Society of Professional Journalists / Open Doors - A resource for journalists who either want to use FOIA or information access as a story topic or to use FOIA as a tool to obtain information for a story.
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas,
Inc.- the Foundation's goal is to educate media and legal professionals,
educators, students, public and business officials and individual citizens
about their rights and responsibilities as citizens in our democracy.
Freedom of Information Center - A huge resource from the University of Missouri journalism school includes recent newspaper stories utilizing FOIA or information access and guides for those who want to use local or federal FOIA laws.
The National Freedom of Information Coalition - Joins First Amendment
and open government organizations from individual states in a self-supporting
alliance as they seek to protect the public's right to know through the education
of media professionals, attorneys, academics, students and the general public.
NFOIC nurtures start-up FOI organizations in other states.
National Security Archive - Has the world’s largest collection of declassified government documents. They do not offer much in the way of “how-to” for FOIA, but this is a highly useful site.
Dr. Barbara Fought - Journalism Professor at Syracuse University, her site has many useful resources: information access book references, hotlines, listservs, and periodicals.
(ASAP) American Society of Access Professionals - A nongovernmental, independent, educational, not-for-profit association consisting of federal government employees and private citizens working in the fields of information access through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Privacy Act (PA), and laws and regulations.
Access Reports - A periodical on FOIA and privacy issues.
A Seattle Times reporter’s
site of FOIA tips
FOIA Group, Inc. - A private research company that offers FOIA services and offers a few tips.