Arkansas FOI Resources
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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
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
FOI HOTLINE
Attorney General's Office
(800) 482-8992
http://www.ag.arkansas.gov/
APA FOI Hotline
(501) 372-0800
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/
Email 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
Email mglasgow@arkbar.com
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/
Email info@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
Email 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
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
Email rcfp@rcfp.org
FOIA Letter Generator
Student Press Law Center
1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
Arlington, Virginia 22209
Phone (703) 807-1904
Email splc@splc.org
Request Letter Generator
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