Additional resources
The following is a (short) list of resources to further hone your FOIA skills and get connected with other people doing FOIA work and advocating for government transparency:
- Federal Government’s central location for FOIA information
- Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act:
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):
- The University of Washington Center for Human Rights has an Access to Information Project working on justice in El Salvador, and immigration enforcement in Washington state, and publishes reports, documents and related local news
- The University of Washington Center for Human Rights publishes documents obtained through the FOIA in a permanent collection held by the University Library
- National Security Archive (an NGO located at the George Washington University Library in Washington, D.C.) has done extensive FOIA work for nearly 35 years
- National Security Archive developed a use guide for the FOIA, Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone
- National Security Archive blog, “UNREDACTED” to keep updated on all of your FOIA news
- Muckrock, a website for sharing, tracking, submitting, and posting about FOIAs
- Government Attic, a place to find declassified documents obtained via the FOIA
- Freedominfo, self-described as “the global network of freedom of information advocates”
- Open the Government is a government transparency advocacy group in Washington, D.C.
- Jeffrey Richelson’s book, The U.S. Intelligence Community, is a great resource to know what agency in the intelligence community produces what kinds of documents and information over time: Richelson, Jeffrey. The U.S. Intelligence Community. Seventh ed. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2016.
- Project on Government Oversight, has news, document collections and more
- There are many, many more! See who is doing what in your community!
