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NFOIC Members

Ohio Center for Privacy & The First Amendment
School of Journalism & Mass Communications
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
Contact: Timothy Smith, Coordinator
Phone (330) 672-8289
http://www.jmc.kent.edu/cfp/cfp.htm
E-mail tdsmith@kent.edu

Ohio Coalition for Open Government
1335 Dublin Rd., Suite 316-B
Columbus, OH 43215
Contact: Frank Deaner, President
Phone (614) 486-6677 | Fax (614) 486-4940
http://www.ohionews.org/ocog.html
E-mail fdeaner@ohionews.org

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Ohio Rev. Code sec. 121.22 et seq.
Closed: Real estate transactions; certain personnel matters; certain law enforcement meetings; Adult Parole Authority; and certain medical board meetings.

Open Records Law Ohio Rev. Code sec. 149.43 et seq.
Exempt: Personal bank records; medical records; adoption records; probation and parole records; and certain law enforcement investigative records.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• State Office Tower
• 30 East Broad Street, 17th Floor
• Columbus, OH 43215-3428
• Phone (614)466-4320
• http://www.ag.state.oh.us/

• Ohio State Bar Association
• 1700 Lake Shore Drive
• Columbus OH, 43204
• Phone (800) 282-6556; (614) 487-2050
• Fax (614) 487-1008
• http://www.ohiobar.org/
• E-mail osba@ohiobar.org

• Ohio Newspaper Association
• 1335 Dublin Rd., Suite 216-B
• Columbus, OH 43215
• Phone (614) 486-6677
• Fax (614) 486-4940
• http://www.ohionews.org/

• State Sunshine Chair
• rhendri@mediaone.net

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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

The Legal Handbook for Ohio Journalists provides general legal information updated for 2002, as well as information about media issues directly affecting Ohio's journalists. Read it here.

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

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