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Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information, Inc.

(A member of NFOIC)
Department of Journalism
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
Contact: Jeanni Atkins, Executive Director
Phone (662) 915-7146
Fax (662) 915-7765
http://www.mcfoi.org/
E-mail iatkins@olemiss.edu

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Miss. Code Ann. 25-4-1 et seq.
Closed: Personnel matters; impending litigation; security personnel, plans, and devices; misconduct investigations; extraordinary emergencies posing immediate or irrevocable harm to persons or property; the purchase, sale or leasing of lands; admissions tests; and the location, relocation or expansion of a business or industry.

Open Records Law Miss. Code Ann 25-61-1 et seq.
Exempt: Personnel matters; employment applications; individual tax records; academic examination questions; appraisal information concerning the sale or purchase of property for public purposes; and attorney work product concerning litigation.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

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PUBLICATIONS

Mass Communication Law in Mississippi
by Gene Wiggins. New Forums Press, Stillwater, OK, 1992, 98 p.
Price: $8.95 plus $1.50 shipping
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Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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