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May 27, 2011

Link of the Week: FOIA requests as easy as Pop-Tarts™

Filed under: Journalism,Research — Tags: bureaucracy, FOIA, sunshine — by Tim Curran @ 11:37 am

I’ve never had to actually file a Freedom of Information request. But I’ve come close enough in the past that I had to research how to do it. Behold, the Federal Open Government Guide, published by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It includes a very detailed but easy-to-read guide on what FOIA is, how it works, and how to formulate and file a request. To make it truly easy as pie (or PopTarts™), you’ll find on this page a link to a tick-the-boxes automated request letter generator for federal and state FOIA requests.

If I ever do need to file a FOIA request, this is where I’m starting.

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