1. Access to Electronic Records
   A State by State Guide to Obtaining Government Data
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2003
   Reporters have a tool that allows them to report on entire populations and do original analysis on a subject for their stories, rather than relying solely on anecdotes. Computer-assisted reporting helps journalists do important stories that otherwise would not be covered.
2. Decision not file charges in CIA video destruction deals new setback to right to information
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   The decision not to file charges against any of the CIA officers who destroyed 92 videos of interrogations in secret CIA prisons has dealt a new blow to the search for truth in a matter of public interest and to the public’s right of access.
3. Finding Answers
   The Essential Guide to Gathering Information in Canada
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1993
   Outlines the essentials of how to find and use information.
   
4. IFJ Condemns United States "Desperate and Dangerous" Backlash over WikiLeaks
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the political backlash being mounted against the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks and accused the United States of attacking free speech after it put pressure on the website's host.
5. Information Access
   Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   
6. NGO gains access to Guantanamo documents but double standard still prevails
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2011
   Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release of Department of Defence documents on 2 March that shed light on the Bush administration’s policies on the Guantanamo Bay detention centre.
7. Nova Scotia election results online at Sources.com
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   The results of the Nova Scotia election, with all members elected to the Nova Scotia legislature, are now available via Parliamentary Names & Numbers. Parliamentary Names & Numbers is the directory of Canadaâ#²s federal and provincial governments.
8. The Secret Secret
   Of Wikileaks and Literacy
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Only those with proper clearances can participate in discussions that affect significant aspects of our lives. Certain technological achievements, our collective ethical decisions (torture, secret prisons, air strikes, etc.), our collective behavior towards other nations and peoples (foreign policy discussions) and more are often obscured by state secrecy. Like the medieval clergy, those holding classified clearances are the sole legitimate interpreters of the 'really important' knowledge. In effect, they are a caste that guides our political and technological cosmologies.
9. Sources Select Resources
   Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers
   Resource Type: Internet WWW site
   Published: 2009
   Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers.
10. The Truth Will Always Win
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    In its landmark ruling in the Pentagon Papers case, the US Supreme Court said "only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government". The swirling storm around WikiLeaks today reinforces the need to defend the right of all media to reveal the truth.
11. A War on Wikileaks?
    Unhinged at the US State Department and Pentagon
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    If the state fails to make any sense - not surprising - it is because it is has no intention of doing so. The state is appealing to something more visceral with all of this posturing: fear. It wants to strike fear into the minds and bodies of people working with Wikileaks, or anyone else doing such work, and anyone contemplating leaking any classified records. Fear is its greatest weapon of psychological destruction, with proven success at home. And in this case, the danger lies at home. The outcome the state hopes for is greater self-censorship and greater self-monitoring.
12. WikiLeaks appeals for help as attacks are stepped up
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    As the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks comes under mounting cyber-attacks and as hosting companies continue to withdraw their services, it is appealing to its supporters around the world to create mirror sites.
13. Zimbabwe: Bill would restrict public access to official information
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of a bill about to be submitted to Zimbabwe's parliament which would allow the authorities to block public access to official documents including judicial decisions, new legislation & public records.

Experts on Access to Government Information in the Sources Directory

1. National Archives of the United States
2. Parliamentary Names & Numbers