The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "data negotiation" ...
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www.farmsubsidy.org tipsheet
Alfter and Mulvad detail how they built farmsubsidy.org using data from EU countries. They suggest you find partners to do stories on AMerican investors, farm-bill consequences, WTO negotiations or how farm subsidies in devloped world impact developing countries like the Dominican Republic.
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You have the right to remain silent: FOIA in the Bush Administration
This powerpoint presentation discusses how policy regarding the Freedom of Information Act has changed in recent years. Cochran uses graphs and charts to illustrate trends in the amount of data requests filed and number actually filled by the government. He also discusses the appeals process, and speculates about how the issue may change in the future.
Tags: FOIA; public records; federal government; Department of Defense; Bush; Rumsfeld; privacy; data negotiation
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Dealing with FOIA Denials and Delays
Cohen discusses a strategy for successfully submitting FOIA requests and getting the information without too many delays. Her strategy includes advice about how to prepare for the request, how and when to submit it, and finally how to handle negotiations.
Tags: freedom of information; FOIA; open records; data negotiation
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Five steps to finding and obtaining data
Branstetter outlines five steps that journalists should take when negotiating for data to help with their computer-assisted reporting work. She also gives a list of common roadblocks and gives advice on how to overcome those. En espanol: #2900
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A Basic FOIA Primer from TRAC
Burnham first offers general guidelines for filing successful FOIA requests. Then, he specifically discusses how the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, a nonprofit at Syracuse University, is working to improve the fairness and effectiveness of federal freedom of information laws.
Tags: TRAC; freedom of information; public records; FOIA; data negotiation; federal government
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Know Your FOIA Exemptions: How the Government Justifies Withholding Public Records
The author lists and explains each exemption to the federal Freedom of Information Act. .
Tags: freedom of information; FOIA; data negotiation; public records
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Battling the VA
This tipsheet is a good guide for reporters preparing to investigate the VA. Adams discusses how the agency is structured, as well as what to expect when submitting FOIA requests to the agency. The tipsheet includes information on alternative ways to find VA data, such as specific websites to visit where some of the data is available. The tipsheet ends with an article from the IRE Journal on the same topic.
Tags: veterans; data negotiation; freedom of information; health care; Veterans Health Administration; Veterans Benefits Administration; federal government
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Farming subsidies is key to investigate fraud in EU
Mulvad explains how DICAR investigated farming subsidies in the EU. He discusses how the reporters negotiated for and analyzed the data, and then shared the results of the investigation.
Tags: farming; federal government; FOI; freedom of information; international issues reporting
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Tips for getting public records in Texas
This very detailed tipsheet is a good guide to using Texas' Public Information Act. It covers everything from phrasing requests to filing them and negotiating for records. It also lists specific types of records, such as search warrants and hospital billing data, and discusses whether they fall under the PIA.
Tags: public records; open records; freedom of information; Public Information Act
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Tips for Freedom of Information Act Requests
This tipsheet lists half a dozen suggestions for a successful records request. It covers everything from negotiating without the FOIA and how to deal with stubborn government officials.
Tags: open records; freedom of information; data negotiation; paper records; public records