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Tennessee Coalition for Open Government

(A member of NFOIC)

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law Tenn. Code Ann. 8-44-102 et seq.
Closed: Labor negotiations; personnel matters; and discussions with an attorney regarding pending litigation.

Open Records Law Tenn. Code Ann. 10-7-503 et seq.
Exempt: Medical records of patients in state institutions; some investigative records; public school student records; and some economic development issues, such as land acquisition.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE (File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat)

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CONTACTS

  • First Amendment Center
  • Institute for Public Policy Studies
  • Vanderbilt University
  • 1207 18th Avenue South
  • Nashville, TN 37212
  • Phone (615) 727-1600
  • Fax (615) 727-1319
  • E-mail for research requests, research@fac.org
  • E-mail for comments or questions, info@fac.org
  • State Sunshine Chair
  • Contact: Frank Gibson, Executive Director
  • Phone (615) 202-2685
  • E-mail fgibson@tcog.info

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FORM LETTERS

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PUBLICATIONS

  • The First Amendment News
  • First Amendment Center
  • 1207 18th Ave. South
  • Nashville, TN 37212
  • Phone (615) 321-9588
  • Fax (615) 321-9599
  • E-mail fanews@fac.org
  • Media Law in Tennessee by Dorothy Bowles
  • Format: Soft cover, 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 in.
  • Price: $17.95 plus $1.50 shipping
  • Order from:
  • New Forums Press
  • P.O. Box 876
  • Stillwater, OK 74076
  • Phone (405) 372-6158

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

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