Back to Basics: FOIA for beginners, December 2, 2011

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During this FOIAchat, 26 contributors participated. To review this FOIAchat on Twitter, click here.

## Related links[edit]

* The News Journal \- Whitley Clerk says she plans to defy open records ruling (archived).
* Blaoomberg \- Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion Undisclosed to Congress

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ This article is one of approximately 120 on Ballotpedia about FOIAchats. These articles are among 37,000 created by the nonprofit Sunshine Review, which Ballotpedia acquired in July 2013.

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