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Florida FOI ResourcesQuick Information | Contacts | Form Letters | Publications NFOIC MembersBrechner Center for Freedom of Information3208 Weimer Hall P.O. Box 118400 University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611-8400 Contact: Sandra Chance, Director Phone (352) 392-2273 Fax (352) 392-9173 http://brechner.org/ E-mail schance@jou.ufl.edu Florida First Amendment Foundation 336 E. College Avenue, Suite 101 Tallahassee, FL 32301-1554 Contact: Barbara Petersen, President Phone (850) 224-4555 Fax (850) 224-0435 http://www.floridafaf.org/ E-mail sunshine@floridafaf.org Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project College of Journalism and Communications University of Florida 2060 Weimer Hall P.O. Box 118400 Gainesville, FL 32611-8400 Contact: Bill Chamberlin, CAP Director Phone (352) 273-1095 Fax (352) 273-1094 http://www.citizenaccess.org/ E-mail bchamberlin@jou.ufl.edu QUICK FOI INFORMATIONOpen Meetings Law Fla. Stat. sec. 286.011 et seq. Open Records Law Fla. Stat. sec. 119.01 et. seq. CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA CONTACTS
Sandra F. Chance University of Florida College of Journalism P.O. Box 118400 Gainesville, FL 32611 Work (352) 392-2273 Home (352) 374-4656 Fax (352) 392-9173 Email schance@jou.ufl.edu
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PUBLICATIONSFlorida Government in the Sunshine: A Citizen's GuideGainesville, FL: Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, 1997-98. 24 p. The pamphlet, sponsored by the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information and the Center for Governmental Responsibility at the University of Florida, the First Amendment Foundation and the St. Petersburg Times, is designed to be a user-friendly version of the Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine and Public Records Law Manual, which expands each year. The gists of open meetings and open records laws are succinctly set forth in its few pages, ending with several referrals to FOI sources and publications. Format: Pamphlet. 8 1/2 in. Price: Free Order from: Brechner Center College of Journalism & Communications University of Florida P.O. Box 118400 Gainesville, FL 32611-8400 Phone (352) 392-2273 Florida's Government-in-the-Sunshine and Public Records Law Manual Tallahassee, FL: Prepared by the Office of the Attorney General, First Amendment Foundation, 2000. 408 p. Published annually, this manual is a reference for compliance with Florida's public records and open- meetings laws. Part I of this annual publication includes the text of the Government-in-the-Sunshine Law, followed by a lengthy description of the application of the law. The following questions are addressed: the agencies covered by the law, whether advisory boards or private organizations are covered, whether the law applies to meetings of members of different boards and whether the law applies to the governor, the Cabinet, or the Legislature. Procedural requirements are described. Activities not subject to the law are listed as well as statutory exceptions to the law. The Public Records Law is examined in Part II of the volume. This section begins with a discussion of exactly which documents are considered public records. It is followed by an examination of the extent to which agencies may limit or regulate inspection or copying of public records. In addition, records exempted from disclosure are listed. The volume includes a table of cases for both the Government-in-the -Sunshine Law and the Public Records Law. It also includes an appendix of public documents and meetings that are privileged, confidential or for which access is limited. The volume includes an index as well as a table of contents. Format: One-volume reference manual. 8 in. Price: $13.95 (1-15 copies) Order from: First Amendment Foundation 336 E. College Ave., Suite 300 Tallahassee, FL 32301 Phone (850) 222-3518 Florida Media Law Tampa, FL: Donna Lee Dickerson, Author. 2d ed., University Press of Florida, 1991. 262 p. This is a volume on Florida media law with extensive reference to case law. It includes chapters on the First Amendment, libel, invasion of privacy, reporter's privilege, reporting the courts and report-ing public agencies. Each chapter includes a brief summary. In addition the volume includes appendices that provide the texts of the Florida Libel Statute, the "Quick" Appeals Rule in Florida's Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Government-in-the-Sunshine Law and the Florida Public Records Law. The preface of the book includes a brief in-troduction to the judicial system. The volume in-cludes a table of contents, an index and a table of cases. The volume is an invaluable reference work. Format: Reference volume. 9 in. Price: $34.95 hardcover; $19.95 paper Order from: University Press of Florida 15 N.W. 15th St. Gainesville, FL 32611 Phone (352) 392-1351 Open Government Guide from the |
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