FOIAchat 2010
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FOIAchat was a weekly conference on Twitter that occurred between 2010 and 2013 from 2 PM to 3 PM EST under the hashtag #foiachat. The discussion invited collaboration between activists, citizens, bloggers, and journalists on public records requests topics. Topics included the Freedom of Information Act and state equivalents, open meetings laws, and related issues.[1]
FOIAchat was discontinued in 2013. Read our legal disclaimer.
This is an archive of the 2010 discussion topics.
Previous Discussions and results
March 2010
- Electronic access to court records
- Sunshine Week 2010
- Time limits for responses to FOIA requests
- Proposed reforms in Illinois and Texas, electronic records and what constitutes a public record
April 2010
- FOIA in the digital age: FOIAing for texts, tweets and emails
- Earth Day discussion: Paperless FOIA
- Can I FOIA that?
- FOIA commissions
May 2010
June 2010
- What do states need to do to protect citizens privacy?
- What constitutes an "unwarranted invasion of privacy?" Police information and what you have a right to.
- Personal privacy exemptions, employee records, and what you have a right to
- FOIA in the News: The BP Oil Spill
July 2010
- SEC FOIA exemption, and more
- Deliberative process exemption
- Exemptions, exemptions, exemptions!
- FOIA in the news
August 2010
September 2010
October 2010
- Halloween Special: Elections and what to FOIA
- FOIAing election records
- FOIA in the News
- School records: What to ask for, how to get it
November 2010
December 2010
Calendar of topics
2010
This is a list of topics from the 2010 calendar year.
March
- March 5, 2010, Topic-Proposed FOIA Law Reforms in 2010
- March 12, 2010, Topic-Time Limits for FOIA response times.
- March 19, 2010, Topic-Sunshine Week events
- March 26, 2010, Topic-Electronic Access to Court Records
April
- April 2, 2010, Easter Friday, no FOIA chat
- April 9, 2010, State Records Commissions
- April 16, 2010, Topic-Can I FOIA that?
- April 23, 2010, Topic-Earth Day discussion, Moving FOIA to a paperless format?
- April 30, 2010, Topic- FOIA in the digital age: FOIAing for texts, tweets and emails?
May
- May 7, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- May 14, 2010 Topic-Open Meetings Laws in general, what are the requirements in your state? Executive session exemptions?
- May 21, 2010 Topic-Access problems, Meeting announcements and times and digital meetings? Gripes about open meetings experiences?
- May 28, 2010 Topic-Canceled for Memorial Day weekend
June
- June 4, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- June 11, 2010 Topic-Personal privacy exemptions, Employee records and what you have a right to?
- June 18, 2010 Topic-Personal Privacy exemptions, What constitutes an "unwarranted invasion of privacy?"
- June 25, 2010 Topic-What do states need to do to protect citizens privacy, identity theft measures, social security releases?
July
- July 3, 2010 Topic- Canceled due to Independence Day
- July 10, 2010 Topic-FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- July 17, 2010 Topic-Exemptions and Personal Experiences.
- July 24, 2010 Topic-The Deliberative Process Exemption in your state.
- July 30, 2010 Topic-EMERGENCY TOPIC, The new SEC exemption. Also, a continuation of the Deliberative Process Exemption
August
- August 6, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- August 13, 2010 Topic- Open Meetings issues
- August 20, 2010 Topic- FOIA litigation, Special Guest: Kenneth Bunting from the National Freedom of Information Coalition
- August 27, 2010 Topic- When To Not FOIA
September
- September 3, 2010 Topic- Canceled for Labor Day weekend.
- September 10, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- September 17, 2010 Topic-Special guest: The FOIA blog
- September 23, 2010 Topic-School bond transparency
- September 30, 2010 Topic-School records experiences
October
- October 1, 2010 Topic- Education and school records
- October 8, 2010 Topic- Canceled for Columbus Day!
- October 15, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- October 22, 2010 Topic- Elections: disclosure and campaign finance
- October 29, 2010 Topic- Halloween Special: Elections and what to FOIA, i.e. How to Find Dead Voters!
November
- November 5, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- November 12, 2010 Topic- Post elections: FOIA advocates and opposition
- November 19, 2010 Topic- Private/Public companies and records requests
- November 26, 2010 Topic- Canceled for the Thanksgiving Holiday!
December
- December 3, 2010 Topic- FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- December 10, 2010 Topic- Wikileaks: Good or Bad?
- December 17, 2010 Topic- Holiday Season: What gifts have public officials accepted? End of year FOIA gripe? What was done right this year?
- December 24, 2010 Topic- Canceled due to Christmas Holiday!
- December 31, 2010 Topic- Canceled due to New Year's Holiday!
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