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Links to state statutes can be found at these sites. The Freedom of Information Center Public Broadcasting System NOW
E-Mail, 'Sunshine,' and Public Records The electronic world holds legal traps for the unsuspecting school board member. By Margaret A. Chidester and Heather Asplund. Government Witness As political deal making moves to chat rooms, the public tries to log in. By Brett N. Dorny Sunshine Laws are briefly reviewed in the First Amendment Handbook. Let the Sunshine In. Using e-mail for board business? Check open-meeting laws. These reports cover issues dealing with the public's right of access to meetings conducted by governmental policy-making and advisory bodies. The Online Media Center provides a detailed article on Federal Sunshine Laws. The California First Amendment Coliation provides instructions for Passing Your Own Sunshine Law. State Open-Meetings and Open-Records Laws in Higher Education: An Annotated Bibliography prepared by Michael K. McLendon, Leigh Gilchrist and James C. Hearn was published in January 2003. A state-by-state review of State and local developments was prepared by Frosty Landon in 2001 FOI Update can be found on the First Amendment Center site. Some Assembly Reguired: The Application of State Open Meeting Laws to email Correspondence by John F. O’Connor and Michael J. Baratz is available on teh Steptoe & Johnson LLP site. 2004 Geo.MasonL.Rev. 719.
Search Alabama's Attorney General's Opinions. Search Alaska's Attorney General's Opinions. Introduction to Alaska's Open Meetings Act is a guide for Alaska government agencies and school districts prepared by Perkins Coie, Anchorage.
Search Arizona's Attorney General's Opinions. This February 2002 Glendale Star Editorial reviews the basis, purpose, and process for Executive Sessions.
Search Arkansas' Attorney General's Opinions. Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, Fourth Edition (2004) by John J. Watkins & Richard J. Peltz is available from M & M Press. Arkansas FOIA resources list is available at NW-AR.COMmunity Bulliten Board.
Search California's Attorney General's Opinions. The Brown Act in text format can be found at the Cal State web site. SPJ-Northern California has prepared a Pocket Guide to the Brown Act. The UAS Sunshine Guide is an open meeting reference handbook created for the Board of Directors of Cal State L.A. University Auxiliary Services, Inc, an auxiliary organization of the California State University system. S.F. Nonprofits Could Be Held to Open Meeting Laws, San Francisco Chronicle - Tuesday, November 25, 1997 - Page A18, Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Staff Writer. An on-line version of a Pocket Guide to Open Meeting Laws in California is provided as a service of Freedom Forum. The California First Amendment Coliation provides a summary of the NFOIC Assembly Report. Open Meetings Laws Reference Chart compiled by Eugenia Laychak, Center for Collaborative Policy copmares the United States:Federal Advisory Committee Act, California State: Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act the California Local: Ralph M. Brown Act. Challenging Issue: Open Meeting Laws and Consensus-Building (Part II) by Lauri Boxer-Macomber appears on the Center for Collaborative Policy site. Too Much Sun? Emerging Challenges Presented By California & Federal Open Meeting Legislation to Public Policy Consensus-Building Processes prepared by Lauri Diana Boxer-Macomber, Center for Collaborative Policy was published in September 2003.
Search Colorado's Attorney General's Opinions. Colorado State Archives provides text of laws pertinent to public records issues. Colorado Open Meetings and Open Records Laws Affecting Charter Schools was prepared for Colorado Charter Schools by Barry K. Arrington.
The Freedom of Information Center provides A Citizen's Guide to the Freedom of Information Commission.
Search Deleware's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Florida's Attorney General's Glossary of Open Meetings Opinions. Florida's Attorney General's site has links to state statutes and Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine Manual. These Most Frequently Asked Questions on Florida's Open Government Laws are intended to be used as a reference only. The University of Florida Office of General Counsel has prepared a Synopsis of Florida's Open Government Laws.
Search Georgia's Attorney General's Opinions. The Georgia Center for Nonprofits provides a short discussion on open records and open meeting laws as they apply to nonprofits.
Search Hawaii's Attorney General's Opinions. Openline is a monthly publication of the Office of Information Practices, State of Hawaii.
Search Idaho's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Illinois' Attorney General's Opinions. The text of the Illinois Open Meetings Act can be found on the Illinois Emergency Management Agency site. Jay Hedges, Director of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs reviewed the Illinois Open Meeting Act. The Chicago Headline Club, a chapter of the Society of Professional Jouralists provides information for reporters. James D. Wascher's feature article offers 8 Easy Ways to "Keep Out of Jail." The Lawyers' School Reform Advisory Project provides a discussion of the Requirements of the Open Meetings Act. A Guide to the Illinois Open Meetings Act in pdf format can be downloaded. Citizen Advocacy Center Open Meetings Act Study By Terry Pastika and Sarah Klaper is available at DCBA Brief Online, the Journal of the DuPage County Bar Association.
Search Indiana's Attorney General's Opinions. A Handbook on Indiana's Public Access Laws is available in pdf format.
Search Iowa's Attorney General's Opinions. Iowa Freedom of Information / Open Meetings, Open Records Handbook is the ninth edition of a publication designed to help keep Iowans abreast of the requirements of the state's open meetings and open records laws. The Laws of Openess are discussed by the Drake University School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Search Kansas' Attorney General's Opinions.
The Kentucky Attorney General's site provides most open record and open meetings decisions. This booklet published by the Attorney General in April 2001 is designed to assist in legal research of open records and open meetings issues.
Search Louisiana's Attorney General's Opinions.
What You Need to Know About Public Records & Open Meetings in Maine was released in April 2006 by Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP.
Search Maryland's Attorney General's Opinions. Maryland's Attorney General provides information on open goverment. Many web resources on media and open goverment can be found at The Law Offices of Mary R. Craig. The Maryland Open Meetings Law Compliance Board reviews and resolves complaints and issues written opnions. The Maryland Municipal League, the Association of Cities and Towns provides links to resources.
About Our Legal System: Freedom of Information, Massachusetts Bar Association Freedom of Information and Open Meeting Laws: A Pathfinder. Understanding the Open Meeting Law is available from the District Attorney of Norfolk County.
Search Michigan's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Minnesota's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Mississippi's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Missouri's Attorney General's Opinions. The Top Ten Things You Should Know about the Misouri Sunshine Law. A summary of the law and sample forms are available. The Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri is a specialized reference library.
Search Montana's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Nebraska's Attorney General's Opinions. Nebraska's Open Meeting Law is discussed in NebFacts, a publication of the Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resourses, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Search Nevada's Attorney General's Opinions.
A Guide to the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act - A publication from the NJ Department of Public Advocate to acquaint citizens with their rights under the "Sunshine Law." is avalable in .pdf format. The New Jersey School Boards Association publication by John Burns, Esq. Assistant Counsel, Legal Compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act in the Technological Age reviews email and telephonic meetings.
Search New Mexico's Attorney General's Opinions. New Mexico's Attorney General provides informaton on the state's Sunshine Laws.
Search New York's Attorney General's Opinions. The Open Meetings Law Index consists of a revised index in which the subject matter of advisory opinions rendered by the Committee under the Open Meetings Law is identified by one or more key phrases.
Search North Carolina's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search North Dakota's Attorney General's Opinions. An Open Records and Meetings Manual can be downloaded in pfd format.
Search Ohio's Attorney General's Opinions. This site provides rulings handed down by the Ohio Supreme Court along with a brief description of the case.
Search Oklahoma's Attorney General's Opinions. The Oklahoma Open Meeting & Open Records Book, published by Oklahoma Press Service, Inc.contains the text of Oklahoma laws and digests of court cases and attorney general's opinions. Open Meetings: the rules most often broken by Susan Loving reviews areas of the law easily missed.
Search Oregon's Attorney General's Opinions.
Pennsylvania's Attorney General's Opinions can be reviewed by year.
Seach Rhode Island's Attorney General's Opinions. The Attorney General's Guide to Open Government in Rhode Island is a reference guide to judicial decisions, statutes, and Attorney General findings/advisory opinions. Open Meeting Law Requirements for Libraries became effective September 1, 2005. Complaints and compliance in Rhode Island is discussed by Linda Lotridge Levin on the ACCESS/RI site. How you can optain records is a Sunshine Week poster on records and open meeting laws.
Attorney General's Opinions dating from 1959 to present are available on the Westlaw or Lexis research databases.
Search South Dakota's Attorney General's Opinions. South Dakota Newspaper Services, Inc. provides useful FAQs.
Search Tennessee's Attorney General's Opinions.
Search Texas' Attorney General's Opinions. Numerious links to Texas Open meeting information can be found on the Attorney General's site.
Search Utah's Attorney General's Opinions.
The state law library still retains the volumes of bound Attorney General Opinions from the early 1970s and before. The Attorney General's Office plans to start posting new Opinions on their web site in the near future. In the interim, persons inquiring about opinions can call the following number for information: (802) 828 5500. A Pocket Guide to Open Meetings 1999 1. Defining Open Meetings 2. Public Notice 3. The Right to Speak 4. Executive Session 5. What the Law is Not 6. Minutes 7. Enforcement 8. Final Thought.
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