Audits
From the Winter 2002 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 34.
From the Winter 2002 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 34.
The following is a list of open records compliance audits conducted in the country since Indiana started the trend in 1998.
| State | Date | Conducted by |
| Arizona | 2000 | Associated Press Managing Editors of Arizona |
| Arkansas | 1999 | Newspapers |
| California | 2000 | California First Amendment Coalition/Society of Professional Journalists |
| Colorado | 2000 | Colorado Press Association/Associated Press |
| Connecticut | 2000 | Connecticut Foundation for Open Gov’t Inc./The Conn. Freedom of Information Commission |
| District of Columbia | 2000 | Council Committee on Government Operations |
| Florida | 1999 | The News Journal |
| Georgia | 1999 | Georgia First Amendment Foundation/Georgia Associated Press |
| Illinois | 1999 | 15 news organizations and The Associated Press |
| Indiana | 1998 | 7 newspapers |
| Iowa | 2000 | 12 daily newspapers/1 weekly newspaper |
| Kansas | 1999 | 19 Kansas newspapers |
| Maryland | 2000 | The Capital/19 newspapers |
| Michigan | 2000 | The Detroit News |
| Minnesota | 2000 | Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists/Associated Press/television stations/newspapers |
| Mississippi | 2000 | Mississippi Press Association/Mississippi Center for Freedom of Information/ Associated Press/Common Cause |
| New Jersey | 1999 | The Press of Atlantic City |
| New Mexico | 2000 | New Mexico Press Association/The Associated Press/Mew Mexico Foundation for Open Government |
| North Carolina | 1999 | North Carolina Press Association/North Carolina Associated Press Council |
| Oklahoma | 2000 | Freedom of Information Oklahoma Inc./ The Oklahoman/Oklahoma Press Association/Tulsa World |
| Pennsylvania | 1999 | 14 newspapers |
| Rhode Island | 1999 | Brown University/ Common Cause |
| South Carolina | 1999 | 14 newspapers/ University of South Carolina students |
| Virginia | 1998 | Newspapers |
| Washington | 2001 | 25 newspapers and The Associated Press |
| West Virginia | 2001 | Associated Press Managing Editors Association |
| Wisconsin | 1999 | Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council |