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The Access list consists of policy advocates, academics, policy practitioners and others who support openness as a value and as a tool of government accountability, citizen participation, and government transparency.
Behind the Homefront [Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press]
FOI Advocate [National Freedom Of Information Coalition at the Missouri School of Journalism] and the FOI LISTSERV (FOI-L) FOI Alert [Society of Professional Journalists] News Media Update [Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press] Secrecy News [Federation of American Scientists]
WatchDog TipSheet [Society of Environmental Journalists]
A daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public's right to know. The Reporters Committee also publishes News Media & The Law, a quarterly journal containing legal analyses and stories on First Amendment issues.
The FOI Advocate is a monthly email newsletter edited by Charles N. Davis. Its focus is information on secrecy initiatives at the federal and state levels, government agencies denying the public access to government records under state and federal freedom-of-information and open meeting laws, and other roadblocks to open government. FOI-L is a mailing list discussion on the Internet, run out of Syracuse University for NFOIC.
To subscribe to the Society of Professional Journalists FOI Alert, contact SPJ at spj@spj.org or call 317/927-8000. In your message, provide your name, organization, mailing address, e-mail address, phone number and fax number.
News Media Update is a biweekly newsletter that covers cases and controversies that affect the news media's First Amendment and Freedom of Information rights. The articles are archived on RCFP's web site, and can be searched.
Progress Report [American Progress Action Fund]
"A daily review of the reality behind the news" from the American Progress Action Fund, the sister advocacy organization of the Center for American Progress.
Edited by Steven Aftergood, this highly regarded email publication of the FAS Project on Government Secrecy regularly scoops major media when providing semiweekly coverage of new developments in secrecy, security and intelligence policies
WatchDog TipSheet is produced by the Society of Environmental Journalists as an ongoing activity of its First Amendment Task Force, and distributed through the TipSheet partnership between SEJ and the Radio & Television News Directors Foundation. For free subscription, send name and full contact information to sej@sej.org. WatchDog TipSheet is also available via RSS feed.
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