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Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
URL: http://www.cjog.net

Description:
Background papers, reports, and links to resources about the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and journalists' access to government information. Topics include reporter's privilege and shield laws, government secrecy, sensitive homeland security documents, privacy, cameras in the courtroom, and more. The organization is "an alliance of more than 30 journalism-related organizations concerned about secrecy in government and the increasing closure of public records and meetings at all levels of government."

Publisher:
Coalition of Journalists for Open Government

Extra Keywords
HIPAA

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Freedom of information -- Government policy -- United States
Journalism
Transparency in government

LII Database Information:
Record 21632 created by Jennifer English on 05/22/2006
Last modification on 05/23/2006
Last review by Charlotte Bagby on 02/05/2008
Published: 05/25/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21632