Your membership dues help support the work of the National Freedom of Information Coalition, an assemblage of state and regional FOI organizations, academic and First Amendment centers, and associate members drawn by a common purpose: to ensure the public's right to oversee its government through the use of public access laws.

NFOIC offers full members:

• possible funding opportunities through Knight Foundation Grants to assist with projects furthering public access to government records and meetings.
• help for start-up FOI organizations.
• developing FOI programs, projects and publications that can be utilized by the member FOI organizations.
• networking opportunities at annual conferences and, more frequently, through listserv discussions of state FOI laws and issues, and
• topical educational resources through the free electronic newsletter, The FOI ADVOCATE, and through white papers tracking legislative and legal trends, the FOI Reports, to which was recently added a survey by the Better Government Association and NFOIC that tracked states' responsiveness to FOI requests.

So please, take a few moments and join NFOIC in our continuing battle to ensure an open government.