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Open government Web sites

Published: January 25, 2005
Last Updated: March 20, 2009

There are many Web sites focusing, in whole or in part, on Freedom of Information and open-government issues. While we've listed many here, we're sure there are some we've missed, so please be sure to e-mail us with suggestions.

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American Library Association

American Society of Newspaper Editors

The Associated Press and Freedom of Information

The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida

The Lucy Burns Institute

Californians Aware: The Center for Public Forum Rights

California First Amendment Coalition

Center for Democracy and Technology

Coalition of Journalists for Open Government

Common Cause

Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission

Copley First Amendment Center

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy

First Amendment Cyber-Tribune

Foster Pepper Local Open Government Blog for Washington State

The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center

Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas

The Freedom of Information Center at the University of Missouri

The First Amendment Foundation

First Amendment Project

Get Grandpa's FBI File

Georgia First Amendment Foundation

Government Attic

Hawaii Office of Information Practices

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: Ensuring Honest and Open Govt. Resources

Indiana Coalition for Open Government

Indiana Public Access Counselor

Investigative Reporters and Editors

Iowa Freedom of Information Council

The James Madison Project

Judicial Watch

Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project

Maryland Foundation for Open Government

Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government

The Media Coalition

Minnesota Information Policy Analysis Division

Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information

Missouri Attorney General's Sunshine Law Page

National Coalition Against Censorship

National Freedom of Information Coalition

National Institute on Money in State Politics

National Newspaper Association

National School District Honor Roll

The National Security Archive

New England First Amendment Center

New Jersey Foundation for Open Government

New Mexico Foundation for Open Government

Newspaper Association of America

New York State Committee on Open Government

North Carolina Open Government Coalition

Ohio Attorney General's Site for Sunshine Laws and Public Records Resources

Open.Alabama.gov

OpenCongress.org

OpenTheGovernment.org

Open Oregon: A Freedom of Information Coalition

Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment

Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette First Amendment Fourm

Project on Government Oversight

Project Vote Smart

Public Citizen

Radio-Television News Directors Association

ReadTheBill.org

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rhode Island Secretary of State's RSS Feed

Society of Professional Journalists' Freedom of Information Resources

South Dakotans for Open Government

Student Press Law Center

Sunlight Foundation

Sunshine in Government Initiative

Sunshine in Missouri

Sunshine Review

Tennessee Coalition for Open Government

Texas Attorney General's Open Government Pages

The Thomas Jefferson Center for Freedom of Expression

The Virginia Coalition for Open Government

Virginia Freedom of Information Advisory Council

Washington Coalition for Open Government

Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna

WatchOurCity.com

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council