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NFOIC Members
Citizen Advocacy Center
238 North York Road
Elmhurst, IL 60126-0420
Contact: Terry Pastika, Executive Director
Phone (630) 833-4080
Fax (630) 833-4083
http://www.citizenadvocacycenter.org
E-mail: cac@citizenadvocacycenter.org
QUICK FOI INFORMATION
Illinois Open Meetings Act
"It is the public policy of this State that public bodies exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business and that the people have a right to be informed as to the conduct of their business." (5 ILCS 120/1)
Illinois Freedom of Information Act
"...it is declared to be the public policy of the State of Illinois that all persons are entitled to full and complete information regarding the affairs of government [...] Such access is necessary to enable the people to fulfill their duties of discussing public issues fully and freely, making informed political judgments and monitoring government to ensure that it is being conducted in the public interest." (5 ILCS 140/1)
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
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CONTACTS
- Office of the Attorney General
- Springfield Main Office
- 500 South Second Street
- Springfield, IL 62706
- Phone (217) 782-1090
- TTY (217) 785-2771
- http://www.ag.state.il.us/
- Chicago Main Office
- 100 West Randolph Street
- Chicago, Illinois 60601
- Phone (312) 814-3000
- TTY (312) 814-3374
- Carbondale Main Office
- 1001 East Main Street
- Carbondale, IL 62901
- Phone (618) 529-6400/6401
- TTY (618) 529-6403
- Illinois State Bar Association
- 424 S. 2nd Street
- Springfield, IL 62701
- Phone (217) 525-1760 or (800) 252-8908
- http://www.isba.org/
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FORM LETTERS
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PUBLICATIONS
- Media Law Handbook
- prepared by the Fair Trial-Free Press Committee of the Illinois State Bar
- Association. Springfield, IL: Illinois State Bar Association, 1993, 179 pages
- Format: One-volume, looseleaf reference manual. 8 in.
- Price: $7.50
- Order from:
- Public Affairs Department
- Illinois State Bar
- 424 S. Second St.
- Springfield, IL 62701
- Phone (217) 525-1760
The volume includes chapters on the following topics: Illinois open meetings act,
defamation, ac-cess to courts, reporters' privilege, right to privacy, the First Amendment
and the media, Illinois crim-inal procedure, crimes and punishment, juvenile court and
cameras in the court. It also includes a glossary of legal terms. The appendix includes
the Associated Press Managing Editors Code of Ethics, the Society of Professional
Journalists Code of Ethics and the ASNE (American Society of News-paper Editors) Statement
of Principles. The hand-book is an excellent reference for both journalists and media
attorneys.
- Mass Communication Law in Illinois
- by James Tidwell, New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK, 1992, 106 pages
- Format: Softcover, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
- Price: $10.95 plus $1.50 shipping
- Order from:
- New Forums Press
- P.O. Box 876
- Stillwater, OK 74076
- Phone (405) 372-6158
Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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