Reporter 01: Public Records

by bam

Asking for records, and what to do when they say no. Who is covered and who is not, what counts as a record, writing a request that cannot be misread, fees and the public-interest waiver, exemptions and the answer that refuses to say whether a record exists, reading a denial, and the appeal. Federal FOIA as the spine, Indiana as the worked example, and your own state as the homework.