National Freedom of Information Coalition
State FOI Groups & Academic Centers |
Alabama
Alabama Center for Open Government
Formed: 2000
Contact: Gregory Enns
Web site
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Alaska
Alaska FOI
Formed: 1998
Contact: Larry Campbell
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Arizona
First Amendment Coalition of Arizona, Inc.
Formed: 1982
Contact: Dan Barr
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Arkansas
MG
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California
California First Amendment Coalition
Formed: 1988
Contact: Peter Scheer
Web site
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California
California First Amendment Project
Formed: 1992
Contact: David Greene
Web site
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California
Californians Aware
Formed: 2004
Contact: Terry Francke
Web site
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Colorado
Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Formed: 1987
Contact: John Fosholt
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Connecticut
Connecticut Foundation for Open Government
Formed: 1991
Contact: Mitchell Pearlman
Web site
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Delaware
New England Associated Press News Editors Assn.
IN PROCESS OF ORGANIZING (NEAPNEA)
(moving well... meeting early spring to hopefully form)
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Florida
Brechner Center for Freedom of Information
Formed: 1977
Contact: Sandra Chance
Web site
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Florida
Florida First Amendment Foundation, Inc.
Formed: 1984
Contact: Barbara Petersen
Web site
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Georgia
Georgia First Amendment Foundation
Formed: 1994
Contact: Hyde Post
Web site
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Hawaii
Honolulu Community Media Council
Formed: 1970
Contact: Holly Green
Web site
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Hawaii
Open Government Coalition of Hawaii
Contact: Stirling Morita
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Idaho
Idahoans for Openness in Government
Formed: 2004
Contact: Betsy Russell
Web site
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Illinois
Citizen Advocacy Center
Formed: 1993
Contact: Terry Pastika
Web site
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Illinois
Illinois First Amendment Center
Formed: 2002
Contact: Sue Montalvo
Web site
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Indiana
Indiana Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 1995
Contact: Keith Robinson
Web site
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Iowa
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Formed: 1977
Contact: Kathleen Richardson
Web site
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Kansas
Kansas Sunshine Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 2000
Contact: Ron Keefover
Web site
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Kentucky
Kentucky Freedom of Information Coalition
Formed: 2004
Contact: David Thompson
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Louisiana
Louisiana Coalition for Open Government, Inc.
Contact: Jackie Ducote
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Maine
Maine Freedom of Information Coalition
Formed: 2003
Contact: Mal Leary
Web site
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Maryland/DC
Maryland Foundation for Open Government
Formed: 2004
Contact: Jim Lee
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Massachusetts
NEAPNEA
In progress (formally under way)
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Michigan
Michigan Freedom of Information Committee
Formed: 1989
Contact: Ben Burns
Web site
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Minnesota
Minnesota Coalition on Goverment Information
Web site
Minnesota Joint Media Committee
Contact: John Finnegan
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Mississippi
Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, Inc.
Formed: 2001
Contact: Jeanni Atkins
Web site
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Missouri
Freedom of Information Center
Formed: 1958
Contact: Charles Davis
Web site
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Montana
Montana Freedom of Information Hotline, Inc.
Formed: 1988
Contact: Ian Marquand
Web site
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Nebraska
Nebraska Press Association
1879
Contact: Kent Warneke
Web site
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Nevada
In progress as of late 2005
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New Hampshire
NEAPNEA
(In progress;formally created Feb. 2006)
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New Jersey
New Jersey Foundation for Open Government
Formed: 2001
Contact: Elizabeth Mason
Web site
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New Mexico
New Mexico Foundation for Open Government
Formed: 1989
Contact: Susan Walton
Web site
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New York
The Newhouse School, Syracuse University
Contact: Barbara Fought
Web site
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North Carolina
North Carolina Open Government Coalition
Formed: 2005
Contact: Melanie Sill
Web site
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Ohio
Ohio Center for Privacy& The First Amendment
Formed: 1991
Contact: Tim Smith
Web site
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Ohio
Ohio Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 1992
Contact: Frank Deaner
Web site
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Oklahoma
FOI Oklahoma, Inc.
Formed: 1990
Contact: Kay Bickham
Web site
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Oregon
Open Oregon
Formed: 1996
Contact: Tim Gleason
Web site
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Pennsylvania
Formed, 501c3 underway
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Rhode Island
ACCESS/RI
Formed: 1996
Contact: Barbara Meagher
Web site
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South Carolina
SC FOI Foundation, joined Jan. 2006
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South Dakota
South Dakotans for Open Government
Formed: 2003
Contact: David Bordewyk
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Tennessee
Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 2003
Contact: Adam Yoemans
Web site
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Texas
Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Inc.
Formed: 1978
Contact: Katherine Garner
Web site
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Utah
Utah Foundation for Open Government
Formed: 1992
Contact: Kathryn Petersen
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Vermont
Formed, 501c3 pending
Formed: 2005
Contact: Michael Donoghue
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Virginia
Virginia Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 1996
Contact: Frosty Landon
Web site
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Washington
AccessNorthwest
Formed: 2003
Contact: Susan Ross
Web site
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Washington
Washington Coalition for Open Government
Formed: 2002
Contact: Elly Snow
Web site
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West Virginia
In progress.
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council
Formed: 1978
Contact: Robert Drechsel
Web site
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Wyoming
No group
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David Cuillier, a former newspaper reporter and editor, is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Arizona. He researches public attitudes toward freedom of information and is one of the SPJ newsroom trainers for acquiring government documents.
