Publications

Contact the Georgia First Amendment Foundation at 404-525-3646 for bulk copies of these publications for your next workshop on freedom of information.

• THE RED BOOK: Georgia’s "Sunshine Laws"
• THE BLUE BOOK: Law Enforcement Open Records
• THE GREEN BOOK: Open Records and Public Schools

The Georgia First Amendment Foundation offers the following resources to help the public in its quest for information from local and state government agencies.

Tools

• Sample GA Open Records Act request letter for traditional documents
• Sample GA Open Records Act request letter for electronic documents
• Sample closed meeting (executive session) affidavit

Statutes

• Georgia Open Meetings Act
• Georgia Open Record Act
• Georgia Shield Law

Caselaw

• Synopses of cases involving access to Ga. court record/proceedings
• Synopsis of cases involving Georgia's shield law
• Synopsis of cases involving the Georgia Open Meetings Act
• Synopsis of cases involving the Georgia Open Records Act

Pleadings

•
NASCAR complaint

Attorney general rulings

• Opinion U98-3 (Thurbert Baker)
• Georgia Attorney General Letter Rulings (Thurbert Baker)
• Open-government opinions (Mike Bowers)

GFAF Amicus Briefs

• University police records: Barrett & Farahany v. Mercer University 
• R.W. Page Corp v. Muscogee County Sheriff's Office
• Evans County Board of Commissioners v. The Claxton Enterprise
• Bruce Mathis v. Thomas C. Cannon
• Merritt v. Travis, WAGA Fox 5 v.  Raines Carter

GFAF Letters of Inquiry

•
City of Alpharetta records fees ($5.00 vs. $.25)
• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library closed meeting
• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library televised coverage
• Atlanta-Fulton Public Library records of top three candidates
• Attorney General re UGA Foundation closed meeting
• Barrow County Sheriff's Office domestic violence reports
• Board of Regents closed meeting
• Brantley County Commission closed meeting
• Cobb County Police Department accident report access 
• Columbia County Planning and Development record fee
• Columbia County Sheriff's Office 911 tapes
• Council of Superior Court Clerks records access
• East Point City Council attorney client closed meeting
• Flint River Consolidated Housing Authority records response
• Environmental Protection Division permit access
• Fulton County Commission public meeting
• Fulton Dekalb Hospital Authority records response time
• Georgia Council for the Arts videotape access
• Georgia Department of Human Resources records access
• Georgia State University closed meeting
• Glynn County Tax Assessor's Office closed meeting
• Gwinnett County Public Library records fees
• Gwinett County Commission closed session - real estate
• Hall County Library materials
• City of Hapeville access to meeting room
• City of Hogansville closed meeting
• Houston County Board of Education closed meeting
• Irwin County Commission closed settlement agreement
• Jasper County Commission closed meeting
• Jekyll Island Authority closed meeting
• Oconee County System Media Commitee closed meeting
• Oconee County Board of Commissioners closed meeting
• Piedmont Park Conservancy closed meeting
• City of Roswell closed meeting
• City of Summerville closed meeting
• Telfair County Commission closed meeting
• Tift County Sheriff's Dept. mug shot access
• Twiggs County Board of Education closed meeting
• UGA Academic Deans closed meeting
• UGA Foundation closed meeting
• Wayne County Commission records access
• Whitfield County Sheriff's Dept. accident scene access

Of Special Interest

• Attorney General's Open Government History Timeline
• Exemptions to Open Government
• Keenan Principle of Open Government
• The 161 Georgia public noticelaws
• Sole-Commissioner Counties
• 'VEGGIE LIBEL,' Free Speech's Scourge

Bibliography

Selected open government bibliography

Links 

• Attorney General Thurbert Baker
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation
• Reporters Committee for Freedom of Press
• National Freedom of Information Coalition
• First Amendment Foundation
• Virginia Coalition for Open Government

 

 



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