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South Carolina Press Association FOI Committee

(A member of NFOIC)

1311 Marion Street
Columbia, SC 57006
Contact: John Schurr, AP Bureau Chief
Phone (803) 799-5510
E-mail jshurr@ap.org

QUICK FOI INFORMATION

Open Meetings Law S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-60
Closed: Certain personnel matters, criminal investigations, and some real estate transactions.

Open Records Law S.C. Code Ann. §30-4-10
Exempt: Pending investigation documents; confidential attorney communications; identification of informants; certain bank and business transactions; and income tax returns.

CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

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CONTACTS

• Office of the Attorney General
• Rembert Dennis Building
• 1000 Assembly Street, Room 519
• Columbia, S.C. 29201
• Phone (803) 734-3970
• http://www.scattorneygeneral.org/
• E-mail info@scattorneygeneral.com

• South Carolina Bar
• 950 Taylor Street
• Columbia, SC 29201
• Phone (803) 799-6653
• Fax (803) 799-4118
• http://www.scbar.org/
• E-mail scbar-info@scbar.org

• South Carolina Press Association
• P.O. Box 11429
• Colulmbia, SC 29211
• Phone (803) 750-9561
• Fax (803) 551-0903
• http://www.scpress.org/

• State Sunshine Chair
• hollyhenryfisher@hotmail.com

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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

A Public Official's Guide to the South Carolina FOI by John Shurr. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Press Association.
The new updated Public Official's Guide to Compliance with South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act is available now. The latest revision includes exemptions relating to security matters and the required release of financial incentives offered to industries. Editors are encouraged to buy booklets for their staffs and for members of local councils and school boards. Read online or email an order.

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

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