Access to Information Websites
Dept. of State: Freedom of Information Act
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This site shows how to submit requests for state records and presents exucutive orders regarding classified information
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There is a lot of information here that is not necessarily relevant to this topic.
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Provides succinct explination of Florida's "Sunshine Law" staright from the Attorney General.Cons
These laws are sepcifically for the state of FloridaU.S. Department of Justice: FOIA
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Describes how exemption three and other decisions of the FOIA were processed.Cons
The site uses a lot of jargon.
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Gives credible accounts of journalists who went to Iraq and Afghanistan to cover the wars. Includes some subjective commentary but has some useful graphs.
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Breaks down the media coverage of the Vietnam War and how it affected that of the Gulf War. Starightens out some myths about the former war's coverage.
Censorship of Gulf Coverage (Auburn Univ.)
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The content is a bit dates (1995) but provides excellent descriptoins of the procedures taken to keep the media from full emersion. not he most visually pleasing page but content is worth the read.
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A credible article from an Army Major about the relationship between the military and media surrounding the Grenada Invasion
California Newspaper Publishers Association
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Website is straight from credible media group. Includes public access and SHIELD laws.
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It states how the AP strives to make sure its journalists have access to events, information, etc. Also provides links to stories about federal "transparancy"
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This page provides apretty nice list of open access resources. Thre is other useful law pertaining to labor.
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The FCC provides easy to find full descriptions of FOIA. They are an important agency in the media world so, it is advsides to follow the information provided on here.
The President's stance on access
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When President Obama first took over the White House, one of he first issues he addresses was access to government records. In this memorandum, he vows to create a "transparant" government. It is always fun looking back seeing how far eleced official's promises go.