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Missouri Sunshine Coalition

(A member of NFOIC)

802 Locust Street
Columbia, MO 65201
Contact: Kristie Williams
Phone (573) 449-4167
http://missourisunshine.org/
E-mail kwilliams@socket.net

 

Missouri Freedom of Information Center

(A member of NFOIC)

133 Neff Annex
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65211-0012
Contact: Charles Davis, Executive Director
Phone (573) 882-5736
Fax (573) 884-6204
http://nfoic.org/foi-center/
E-mail daviscn@missouri.edu

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Mo. Code §610.010 et seq.
Closed: Legal actions; leasing, purchase or sale of real estate; personnel matters; the state militia; health examinations; testing materials; negotiations with employees; and sealed bids.

Open Records Law Mo. Code §610.023 et seq.
Exempt: Same as meetings law.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• Supreme Court Building
• 207 W. High St.
• P.O. Box 899
• Jefferson City, MO 65102
• Phone (573) 751-3321
• Fax (573) 751-0774
• http://www.ago.mo.gov/
• E-mail ag@ago.mo.gov

• Missouri Press Association
• Doug Crews, Executive Director
• 802 Locust St.
• Columbia MO 65201-7799
• Phone (573) 449-4167
• Fax (573) 874-5894
• http://www.mopress.com/
• E-mail dcrews@socket.net

State Bar Association
326 Monroe Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone (573) 635-4128
Fax (573) 635-2811
http://www.mobar.org/
E-mail mobar@mobar.org

National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting
(NICAR) Brant Houston, executive director
120 Neff Annex
University of Missouri
Coumbia, MO 65205
Phone (573) 882-1984
E-mail http://www.nicar.org/
brant@nicar.org

Investigative Reporters & Editors
138 Neff Annex
University of Missouri
Columbia MO 65205
Phone (573) 882-2042
http://www.ire.org/

State Sunshine Chair
Ed Kohn
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Phone (314) 340-8152
E-mail ekohn@postnet.com

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

News Reporter's Handbook on Law and Courts
This Revised Online Edition of the News Reporters Handbook on Law and the Courts is published by The Missouri Press-Bar Commission. It updates the previously revised edition published in 1981.
Most of the work of revising the information in this edition was completed by Dan Curry, a former journalist who is now a lawyer.

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

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