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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Highlights of the NC Public Records Law
This tipsheet is a very comprehensive guide to North Carolina's public records law. Packer discusses the proper way to make a request, how to answer the "reason for request", paying fees and asking for computerized records. Packer also includes a section on which records are public and which are not.
Tags: freedom of information; FOIA; open meetings; open records; data negotiation
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Pennsylvania's Open Records/ Right to Know
This tipsheet goes into detail about the nuances of the Pennsylvania open records law, especially the changes that were implemented in June of 2002. It covers everything from copying fees to appealing an agency's decision. It also includes a list of tips for successful negotiation. The last two pages of the tipsheet are a sample request letter that you could refer to when writing your own letter.
Tags: FOIA; sunshine law; open records; data negotiation
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Using the Freedom of Information Law to Obtain Electronic Data
This tipsheet covers all the basics in submitting FOIA requests. For example, it talks about obtaining data in electronic format and being specific in requests.
Tags: FOIA; databases; data negotiation
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Tips For Getting Public Records in Texas
This tipsheet covers the basics for requesting public records in Texas. It also provides tips for getting certain records based on information from the state Attorney General's annual public records training for government employees. The tipsheet addresses recent changes to the law, such as changes made because of homeland security issues. It also covers negotiating for records, submitting a PIA request and disputing the cost of filling requests. It states what data is allowed to be withheld and what must be released.
Tags: Public Information Act; data negotiation; databases; CAR; FOIA; HIPPA; electronic records
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Tips for using the Naval Aviation Safety Database
The Naval Aviation Safety Database can be useful, if you know your way around it. O'Reilly gives some tips on negotiating the pitfalls and other hazards present in the data to get the stories inside. Included in this tipsheet are suggested table joins, decoding nested codes, and analysis issues.
Tags: data; CAR; computer-assisted reporting; Naval Aviation Safety Database; military; security; data analysis; databases; aviation; defense
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Campaigns and politics: Donors, expenditures and lobbyists
The combination of new laws and an increase in electronic filings leads to a whole new battlefield to negotiate when it comes to covering campaign finance. Willis explains how the new law changes coverage of this important area. He also gives out the differences between electronic filing data and FEC FTP data. There's lots more in this informative tipsheet.
Tags: CFIC; campaign finance; FEC; elections; contributions; electronic filings; FTP; data cleaning; legislation; campaigns; politics; donors; PACs; IRS
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Negotiating for a government database
Hopkins provides a short sheet on when and how to get data from government agencies.
Tags: FOI; public records; databases; government
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Negotiating Successfully For Data
How to get data and what it is important to know about the data program
Tags: databases; information gathering; CAR
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Public Access and Privacy
LaFleur offers strategies for negotiating for data and how to proceed when the information you seek is not part of the public record, where else to get data, and stories that didn't rely on data records (reporters built their own data).
Tags: information; data; FOIA; gathering; summary reports; privacy; records
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From "Unwarranted Invasions" to "Trade Secrets"
The first step of a CAR project is getting good data. This tipsheet explains how to negotiate for data, and what's worked in the past.
Tags: CAR; data; FOAI; Attys. General; Records