RESEARCH PAPERS

RESEARCH COMPETITION 2023 WINNERS

• Frank Lomonte (first place): Dark Clouds: Can Government Agencies Evade Public-Records Laws by Storing Documents in Privately Owned Digital Portals?

• A.Jay Wagner and Daxton “Chip” Stewart (second place): Opening the Floodgates: Assessing and Implementing Affirmative Disclosure

• Jodie Gil (third place): Journalists’ reflections on using home addresses in reporting

• Roy S. Gutterman: Repeal, Replace and Expose: A Case Study and Call for Public Records Transparency with Police Records in New York

• Kevin R. Kemper and Litzy Galarza: Tribal Governments Protect Free Information, Too, Sometimes: A Case Study of Oklahoma’s Indigenous Nations and Accessing Records

TIP SHEETS & LINKS

TUESDAY SESSIONS

• Welcome session: slides and Whova User Guide

• Tracking police certification: slides

• The debate over doxxing: tipsheet

• MuckRock's FOI Log Explorer: slides

WEDNESDAY SESSIONS

• Using FOI libraries to your advantage: slides and library database

• School shootings and public records: Fisher's slides, and Pillifant's slides

• Putting the AI in FOIA resources:

  • Americans for Prosperity article: The case for AI in FOIA

  • Baron's testimony on records management

  • ACM Digital Library: More efficient access to government records

  • Using ChatGPT for the deliberative process privilege

THURSDAY SESSIONS

• Keeping a paper trail so you're prepared for anything: Cheng's slides, Jones's slides, and FOI tracking template

• Research paper presentations: Gutterman's slides

• Access to information in Puerto Rico: tipsheet

• Working with the news media: tipsheet