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Call for Entries | 2013 Nancy Monson Spirit of FOI Award

2013-08-18T19:32:14-05:00

Submit your 2013 Spirit of FOI Award nominations Monday, April 8, is the deadline for electronic submission of entries for the 2013 Nancy Monson Spirit of FOI Award, which this year for the first time will recognize work in three divisions. Sponsored by the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and the Texas Press Association and named after FOIFT’s former executive director, the award recognizes journalists and/or newspapers for outstanding efforts that uphold First Amendment principles, increase public access to government and improve awareness of state open government statutes. FOIFT is one of the leading education and advocacy non-profit organizations in [...]

Call for Entries | 2013 Nancy Monson Spirit of FOI Award2013-08-18T19:32:14-05:00

James Madison Award 2011 Recipient Announced

2013-09-03T00:26:07-05:00

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Monday, August 1, 2011: The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will present the 2011 James Madison Award on August 12, in Austin, Texas, to Evan Smith, the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Tribune. As an original co-founder and the guiding force behind the Tribune, Smith has made the online nonprofit news site an indispensable and highly regarded source of state government news. A committed believer in transparency and the power of data, Smith has withstood criticism from government sources and has continued to post salary records of government entities and school districts from across the state, [...]

James Madison Award 2011 Recipient Announced2013-09-03T00:26:07-05:00

Freedom of Information Foundation to Hold Annual FOI Conference In Austin

2013-09-03T00:19:34-05:00

The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas will hold its 2010 Bernard and Audre Raporport State Conference on Friday, August 13 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin. This year’s theme is Open Government: Navigating Digital Dangers. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott will be the conference’s Luncheon Keynote Speaker. The highlight of Friday’s program will be the John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon and the presentation of the James Madison Award to Joe Larsen, a veteran advocate of open government and Special Counsel for Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, LLP in Houston. “I can’t think of a more qualified and deserving recipient of [...]

Freedom of Information Foundation to Hold Annual FOI Conference In Austin2013-09-03T00:19:34-05:00

Freedom of Information Foundation Announces James Madison Award Winners At Annual John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon  

2013-09-03T00:08:40-05:00

Austin, Texas, August 21, 2009 — After more than a decade of efforts involving Texas’ leading journalists, attorneys and other public interest groups, Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis, D-Harris County, and State Rep. Todd Hunter, R-Nueces County and surrounding counties, joined forces to get the state’s first “Free Flow of Information Act” passed during this year’s legislative session. Their efforts garnered the two elected officials the James Madison Award, the highest accolade from The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas at their annual John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon, held recently (August 21, 2009) in Austin. H.B. 670, the “Free Flow of Information [...]

Freedom of Information Foundation Announces James Madison Award Winners At Annual John Henry Faulk Awards Luncheon  2013-09-03T00:08:40-05:00

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