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ACCESS/RI

(A member of NFOIC)

Chafee 231
Journalism Department
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
Contact: Barbara Meagher Smith, President
Phone (401) 874-2196
http://www.accessri.org/
E-mail meagher@mail.uri.edu

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law R.I. Gen. Laws §§42-46-1
Closed: Certain personnel matters; collective bargaining; litigation; security; real estate transactions; school committees; student disciplinary hearings; and student records.

Open Records Law R.I. Gen. Laws §§38-2-1
Exempt: Presumption of disclosure with few exemptions.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• 150 S. Main Street
• Providence, RI 02903
• Phone (401) 274-4400
• http://www.riag.state.ri.us/

• State Bar Association
• 115 Cedar Street
• Providence, RI 02903
• Phone (401) 421-5740
• http://ribar.com/
• E-mailinfo@ribar.com

• State Sunshine Chair
• lllevin@uri.edu

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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

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

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