Michigan FOI Resources
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QUICK FOI INFORMATION
Open Meetings Law Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §15.261 et seq.
Closed: Collective bargaining; real estate transactions; and pending litigation discussions. Discussion of certain personnel matters and student records may be closed if relevant board votes to close. Michigan's Open Meetings Act (Adobe Acrobat File)
Open Records Law Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. §15.231 et seq
Exempt: Information deemed private; trade secrets; advisory communications with government agencies; attorney-client communications; medical counseling and psychological facts or appraisals; records of campaign committees; and some law enforcement records.
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN
FOI HOTLINE
Michigan Freedom of Information Committee
(313) 577-2627
Contact: Ben Burns
aa5200@wayne.edu
CONTACTS
Office of the Attorney General
Post Office Box 30212
525 West Ottawa Street
Lansing, MI 48909
Phone (517) 373-1110 or (877) 765-8388
Fax (517) 373-3042
http://www.michigan.gov/ag/
State Bar Association
The Michael Franck Building
306 Townsend St
Lansing, MI 48933-2012
Phone (800) 968-1442
Fax (517) 482-6248
http://www.michbar.org/
Michigan Press Association
827 North Washington Avenue
Lansing, Michigan 48906
Phone (517) 372-2424
Fax (517) 372-2429
http://www.michiganpress.org/
State Sunshine Chair
Catherine A. Gniewek
President, MichiganToday.net
P. O. Box 700112
Plymouth, MI 48170
734.223.9645
cgniewek@michigantoday.net
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
Open Government Guide from the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press