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The wiki for helping people understand and use the Freedom of Information Act at the state and local level.

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• What is a Wiki anyway?

• A primary goal of this Wiki is to build a comprehensive and collaborative How To Guide to provide very practical information about open records requests at the state and local level.

• Check out the Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week.

• Take a look at our interviews with Sunshine Activists too.

• And the (growing) list of Sunshine Bloggers.

• Jump into your state for a complete listing of its laws and the exemptions to those laws, current open records stories, state advocacy groups, and bloggers covering or using open records in your state. Consider Adopting your state.

• Are you completely new to FOIA and open records? This is for you.

• Get your hot button issues, emerging concerns and FOIA controversies here.

• Links to other FOIA groups and resources.

• Add to this Wiki and read some Frequently Asked Questions and a bit about this Wiki's history.

• Have more questions? Contact us.

• Patrick Henry said, "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." Add more Sunshine Quotes.

• Need help writing your request? Click templates to get some inspiration.

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