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Walking in two worlds

By Amy Linn | April 23, 2018

In this home, the Navajo language unlocks tradition and identity

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    New Mexico law guarantees your right to review government data.

Open records and you

Here are resources to help you start pursuing your own open records requests, to both state and federal agencies.



Open records in New Mexico

The attorney general's office publishes a compliance guide for public officials and citizens that is updated every few years. The current version is dated 2015.

The New Mexico Foundation for Open Government maintains a guide to submitting a records request.



Federal open records

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press explains how to request federal open records and hosts a series of legal guidelines for digital journalists.

You can also read the FOIA regulations from the U.S. Department of Justice.



Press freedom

Journalists in the United States often face hostility from local and federal governments, along with legal threats to themselves and to their sources. The nonpartisan Freedom of the Press Foundation's Press Freedom Tracker provides reliable, easy-to-access information on press freedom violations.

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