We had a packed house, so we hope everyone learned a ton of information and left empowered about accessing public records. If you missed the panel, then catch up with the Twitter conversation on Storify.
TABJ thanks everyone who made the #TABJonFOIA forum a success Saturday, especially our co-sponsor, the Lumber Kimbrough Lodge #838/PHA, and our panelists Jonathan Jones, Tom Carruthers and Chris Brook. We had a packed house, so we hope everyone learned a ton of information and left empowered about accessing public records. If you missed the panel, then catch up with the Twitter conversation on Storify.
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What are public records? Can I get copies of them? What happens if an agency refuses to release those records to me? To commemorate Sunshine Week, TABJ will help shed light on those issues at The Freedom of Information Forum: What Records are Public Information and How to Get Them. Please invite your students to join and learn with us at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the News & Record. You can come along, too. Chris Lea of "Straight Talk" and Freedom of Information Act advocates, legislators and law enforcement agents will discuss what records the public has access to and the procedures to go through to get them. The forum starts at 1 p.m., but there will be a light reception at noon. The panelists include:
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