Someone from posted a comment under my recent posting about the American Society of Access Professional's (ASAP) future training schedule. They wanted to know where can they get training in the Chicago area?
My answer is a resounding I don't know. But I can tell you this. There are a few sources of FOIA training, however most of them are not free.
I have done training for two private organizations, Lorman and Capitol.net. Both of these took place in the Washington D.C. area. I'm not sure if they have any FOIA training scheduled in the future.
ASAP puts on a number of training seminars. Most are in the D.C. area, but next March it is scheduled in Las Vegas.
The Department of Justice provides training through the Department of Justice's National Advocacy Center in Columbia, South Carolina. Upcoming courses can be found here. DOJ used to provide these courses in other sites around the country and in Washington, D.C. as well and they should be listed on that site.
The USDA Graduate School offers FOIA classes. While the classes are in D.C., it appears they have distance learning. You can see their class schedule here.
If anyone knows of other FOIA trainings and their locations, please let me know or add it to the comments schedule below. In my opinion, there seems to be a lot less training than there was 10 years ago. And with the current economic climate, that may not change anytime soon.
