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As the developers of FOIAXpress & ATIPXpress, we make Freedom of Information (FOI) our business.  We pride ourselves on being experts in FOI law, administration, processing, policy developments and standards.  FOI can often be a complicated and even controversial arena of discourse with varying policies, opinions and mandates.  Below you will find a list of helpful links that can provide a wealth of information on FOI topics that AINS has assembled based on our many years experience in the FOI world. 

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U.S. Freedom of Information Links:

• Federal Open Government Guide by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press http://www.rcfp.org/fogg/
• DOJ Guide to the Freedom of Information Act http://www.justice.gov/oip/foia_guide09.htm
• EFF FOIA Document Search https://www.eff.org/issues/foia/search
• Freedom of Information Act Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States)
• FOIA.gov List of Agency FOIA Contacts http://www.foia.gov/report-makerequest.html
• The Sunshine in Government Initiative  http://www.sunshineingovernment.org/
• First Amendment Center http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/how-to-file-an-foia-request
• National Freedom of Information Coalition http://www.nfoic.org/
• Open the Government .” http://www.openthegovernment.org/
•  Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183
• CREW (Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility) http://www.citizensforethics.org/
• Sunlight Foundation http://sunlightfoundation.com/
• Associated Press Freedom of Information News http://www.ap.org/FOI/foi_apnews.html
• Sunshine Week http://www.sunshineweek.org/aspx
• Freedom Forum  http://www.freedomforum.org/
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press http://www.rcfp.org/foia/
• DOJ Office of Information Policy http://www.justice.gov/oip/about-us.html
• Electronic Frontier Foundation FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government (FLAG) Project  http://www.eff.org/issues/foia
• FAS Secrecy News http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/
• Access Reports http://www.accessreports.com/
• Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org/litigation/free_info/
• American Society of Access Professionals http://www.accesspro.org/
• Sunshine in Government Blog  http://sunshineingov.wordpress.com/
• (NFOIC) FOI Advocate Blog http://www.nfoic.org/blog
• Better Government Association’s Investigator’s Notebook Blog http://notebook.bettergov.org/
• BGA Think Tank Blog  http://bgathinktank.wordpress.com/about/

• (Public Citizen) Citizen Vox Blog  http://www.citizenvox.org/

State and Local Freedom of Information Links:

• Citizen Access Project http://www.citizenaccess.org/
• Better Government Association (Chicago) http://www.bettergov.org/
• North Carolina Open Government Coalition http://www.elon.edu/eweb/academics/communications/ncopengov/about/default.xhtml
• Florida First Amendment Foundation http://www.floridafaf.org/
• Virginia Coalition for Open Government http://www.opengovva.org/

International Freedom of Information Links:

• IPC Canada Access to Information http://www.ipc.on.ca/english/Access-To-Information/
• UK Freedom of Information Blog http://foia.blogspot.com/
• FIPA BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (Canada) http://fipa.bc.ca/home/
• The Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia http://nsrighttoknow.ca/
• Canada DOJ Access to Information and Privacy Office  http://canada.justice.gc.ca/atip-aiprp/home-accueil-eng.asp
• Access Info! Europe http://www.access-info.org/en/mission-and-strategy
• FOIANet International http://www.foiadvocates.net/