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OPEN GOVERNMENT GUIDE

Previously Titled

Tapping Officials’ Secrets


Access to Public Records and Meetings in the 50 States and D.C.


FIFTH EDITION


2006


Published by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Lucy A. Dalglish, Executive Director

 

EDITORS

Gregg Leslie, Legal Defense Director

Corinna Zarek, Jack Nelson Legal Fellow

 

ASSISTANT EDITORS

Hannah Bergman
Amanda Buck
Susan Burgess
Melanie Marquez
Kirsten Mitchell
Casey Murray
Peter Saharko
Kaitlin Thaney
Krista Vaught
Brooke Weese

 

Special thanks to:

Rebecca Daugherty

Former FOI Service Center Director

 

Production of the fifth edition of this compendium was possible due to the generous financial contributions of:

 

Sigma Delta Chi Foundation of the Society of Professional Journalists

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation

 

© 2006, 2001, 1997, 1993, 1989 by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior, written permission of the publisher.

Open Government Guide: Compendium of 50 States & D.C.

ISBN: 1-58078-105-5


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