For all you government transparency fans out there: I wanted to share with everyone a couple of really interesting and informative handouts that I picked up in Austin at the recent conference for the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas.

One is an overview of the Texas Public Information Act and another is a summary of how the Texas legislative session earlier this year affects the Public Information Act.

They're both by Paul Watler, a Dallas First Amendment lawyer and former president of FOIFT who has graciously granted permission for them to be reprinted on the Web. I think they may be posted on the FOIFT.org site soon, if they aren't already, but until then I've uploaded them to the Scribd.com document-sharing site.

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