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QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Ark. Code Ann. §25-19-101 et seq. including §25-19-105.
Closed: To consider employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining, or resignation of any public employee.

Open Records Law Ark. Code Ann. §25-19-101 et seq. including §25-19-106.
Exempt: Income tax records; medical, scholastic and adoption records; historical and archeological files; on-going law enforcement investigations; working papers, competitive advantage, and personnel records; and identities of undercover law enforcement officers.

Arkansas FOI Act from FOIArkansas.com

Attorney General's FOI Hotline

Phone (800) 482-8982

APA FOI Hotlines

Phone (501) 372-0800

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS (Adobe/PDF file)

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• 323 Center St., Suite 200
• Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
• Phone (501) 682-2007 or (800) 482-8982
• Fax (501) 682-8084
• http://www.ag.state.ar.us/
• E-mail contact: http://www.direct-web.net/agcontactform.htm

• Arkansas Bar Association
• 400 West Markham
• Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
• Phone (800) 609-5668
• Fax (501) 375-4901
• http://www.arkbar.com
• E-mail arkbar1@swbell.net

• Arkansas Press Association
• ARKANSAS' FIRST TRADE ASSOCIATION
• 411 S. VICTORY
• LITTLE ROCK, AR 72201-2932
• Phone (501) 374-1500
• Fax (501) 374-7509
• http://arkansaspress.org/
• E-mail apamail@arkansaspress.org

• State Sunshine Chair
• Dennis A. Byrd
• Arkansas News Bureau
• 401 S. Victory
• Little Rock, AR 72201
• Work (501) 374-0699; Home (501) 316-3883
• Fax (501)374-0860
• E-mail dbyrd@arkansasnews.com

• Richard J. Peltz, Professor of Law, William H. Bowen School of Law
• University of Arkansas
• 1201 McMath Ave.
• Little Rock, Ark. 72202 U.S.A.
• Phone (501) 324-9962
• Fax (501) 324-9992
• rjpeltz@ualr.edu

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FORM LETTERS

• The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (800) 336-4243 or (703) 807-2100
• E-mail rcfp@rcfp.org
• FOI Letter Generator

• Student Press Law Center
• 1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
• Arlington, Virginia 22209
• Phone (703) 807-1904
• E-mail splc@splc.org
• Request Letter Generator

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PUBLICATIONS

Arkansas Freedom of Information Handbook: A Guide to Open Meetings and Records

12th ed.(Adobe Acrobat PDF file)
Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Attorney General's Office and Arkansas Press Association

7th ed. (HTML file)
Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Attorney General and Arkansas Press Association, 1995.

The pamphlet is written for the general public as a guide to using the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. The pamphlet includes the text of the act, a quick reference section with frequently asked questions about the act and a brief summary of state supreme court and attorney general opinions on various aspects of the act, plus an index to the complete work.

Format: Pamphlet. 6 in.
Order from:

Arkansas Press Association
1701 Broadway
Little Rock, AR 72206
(501) 374-1500

The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (M&M Press 4th ed. 2004) A review of developments involving the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. By John J. Watkins & Richard J. Peltz; can be purchased online at http://www.mandmpress.com/boal.html

The FOI Arkansas Project A survey of how public officials responded to citizens requesting public records under the state FOIA.

Electronic Records Commission Web site of the Arkansas commission responsible for studying public access to electronic or computerized records under the state FOIA.

Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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