FOIAchat 2011 archive
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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 2011 discussion topics.
Previous Discussions and results
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
- Do you have a case? Appealing record request denials
- Structuring a mass FOIA project
- FOIA in the News
September 2011
- FOIA Privacy exemptions
- Cancellation due to Twitter difficulties, September 23, 2011
- Student journalism and FOIA
- Remembering 9/11
- Holiday, September 2, 2011
August 2011
- Police records and video: Radley Balko interview
- How to work with FOIA and electronic data: Earl Glynn interview
July 2011
June 2011
- Changes to State Open Meeting Laws
- Legislatures, Records and Open Meetings
- Executive Sessions
- FOIA in the News
May 2011
April 2011
- Wikileaks and "New" Journalism
- Is it Public?
- Requesting multimedia, voicemail and texts
- FOIA in the News
March 2011
- Tip to Story: Writing Investigative Pieces with Pulitzer Prize winning Ryan Gabrielson
- Sunshine Week
- Dept. of Homeland Security, Surveillance and Privacy interview with G.W. Schulz
- FOIA in the News
February 2011
- FOIA and the Courts
- Metadata as Public Records
- Databases and Open Government Resources: Skip the FOIA
- FOIA in the News
January 2011
- FOIA Response Times
- Police Intervention: Your Rights
- Arizona Shooting Backlash: Is FOIA a threat?
- FOIA in the News
See also
Calendar of topics
2011
This is a list of topics from the 2011 calendar year.
December
- December 2, 2011: Back to Basics: FOIA for beginners.
- December 9, 2011: Year in Review. End of year FOIA gripe? What was done right this year?
- December 16, 2011: Holiday Season: What gifts have public officials accepted?
- December 23, 2011: Canceled due to Christmas Holiday!
- December 30, 2011: Canceled due to New Year's Holiday!
November
- November 4, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- November 11, 2011: Canceled for Veterans Day
- November 18, 2011: FOIA and sports stories
- November 25, 2011: Canceled for the Thanksgiving Holiday!
October
- October 7, 2011: Canceled for Columbus Day
- October 14, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- October 21, 2011: Structuring a mass FOIA project
- October 28, 2011: Do you have a case?
September
- September 2, 2011: Canceled for Labor Day weekend.
- September 9, 2011: Remembering 9/11
- September 16, 2011: Student journalism and records
- September 23, 2011: Cancelled due to technical difficulties
- September 30, 2011: Personal privacy exemptions
August
- August 5, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- August 12, 2011: Special guest data expert Earl Glynn
- August 19, 2011: Special guest investigative journalist Radley Balko
- August 26, 2011: School district records
July
- July 1, 2011: Canceled for Independence Day
- July 8, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- July 15, 2011: FOIA Troubleshooting and hurdle-jumping
- July 22, 2011: FOIA and Technology--apps, programs, and other tools
- July 29, 2011: School district records
June
- June 3, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- June 10, 2011: Open meetings: Executive sessions
- June 17, 2011: Legislatures, records, and open meetings
- June 24, 2011: Changes to state open meetings laws
May
- May 6, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- May 13, 2011: Special guest Art of Access author and blogger Dr. Charles Davis. FOIA legislative update.
- May 20, 2011: Negotiating records requests: how to get the best, cheapest, and timeliest response.
- May 27, 2011: Canceled for Memorial Day weekend
April
- April 1, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- April 8, 2011: Requesting multimedia, voicemail, and texts.
- April 15, 2011: Public or not?
- April 22, 2011: Easter Friday, no FOIAchat
- April 29, 2011: Wikileaks and new journalism
March
- March 4, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- March 11, 2011: Special guest award winning journalist GW Schulz - September 11 Documents.
- March 18, 2011: Sunshine Week
- March 25, 2011: Special guest Pulitzer Prize winner Ryan Gabrielson - From Tip to Story: how to write an investigative piece
February
- February 4, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- February 11, 2011: What good databases can you request? What databases make FOIA unecessary?
- February 18, 2011: Metadata as public records
- February 25, 2011: Court documents for citizens and journalists
January
- January 7, 2011: FOIA in the news! Share FOIA news stories from last month and potential stories for the upcoming month.
- January 14, 2011: Arizona shooting tragedy and open government backlash. Will open meetings be threatened?
- January 21, 2011: Police documents and FOIA.
- January 28, 2011: Response times for records requests
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