Invisible Institute journalist Sam Stecklow, along with other journalists and a public records attorney, will discuss a nationwide project to obtain police certification and employment history data in every state. The project has led to multiple legal appeals, and where data has been released (in over 30 states), journalists have begun to use the data to investigate issues of "wandering officers" who commit misconduct at one department and then find a job at another. The panelists will discuss techniques for multi-state FOIA projects, legal issues they have faced in obtaining the data, and the future for the project.

This summit is hosted by the National Freedom of Information Coalition. The NFOIC is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization. The NFOIC organization and members protect our right to open government by ensuring state and local governments and public institutions have laws, policies and procedures to facilitate press and public access to information and proceedings.

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