Oops, I forgot to finish my previous comment.  I would suggest state institution people look to their state laws to see exactly what they pertain to.  The federal FOIA is one thing, but in our state, the open records act is beloved and enforce.

Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Ph.D., Interim Director
Office of Research & Program Development
University of North Dakota
PO Box 7134
Grand Forks, ND  58202
Tel:  701-777-2049
Fax:  701-777-2504
Email:  xxxxxx@mail.und.nodak.edu

>>> kma7850u <xxxxxx@POSTOFFICE.URI.EDU> 05/22/01 03:34PM >>>
Good question. I am talking about federal and state government-funded
proposals. Those are the documents governed by the state and federal freedom
of information acts.

-- Karen

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>Karen,
>Are you saying that ALL funded proposals are "public documents"? or do you
>just mean Federal or state government-funded proposals?  If a proposal is
>funded by a private foundation is it then a public document?
>Our experience is that federal grants are public info and we can share them
>- removing the budget info and asking the PI as a courtesy.  For private
>funding, we would always get PI permission first, and still remove budget
>info.  Sometimes the PI gives us permission to share, and we put a note in
>the file that says we have permission to share (again, all but budget).
>
>Diana Thompson Vincelli
>Associate Director
>Office of Foundation & Government Grants
>Room G-14, Maryland Hall
>University of Richmond, VA  23173
>804/289-8005, 804/287-6491 fax
>xxxxxx@richmond.edu
>www.richmond.edu/~grants
*******************

Karen M. Markin, Ph.D.
Director of Research Development
University of Rhode Island
Research Office
70 Lower College Road, #2
Kingston, RI 02881
V 401 874.5576
F 401 874.7044
xxxxxx@uri.edu

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