Attorney General Griffin Announces Creation of FOIA Review Working Group

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced on June 14 the creation of an Arkansas Freedom of Information Act Review Working Group

Griffin named seven people to the FOIA Review Working Group. They are State Senator Breanne Davis of Russellville; Ryan Owsley, Deputy Attorney General, Opinions Division; John Payne, Deputy Attorney General, Civil Litigation Division; State Representative David Ray of Maumelle; State Senator Clarke Tucker of Little Rock; John Tull III, Partner at Quattlebaum, Grooms & Tull, PLLC and APA Executive Director Ashley Kemp Wimberley

The group will review the FOIA and provide the Attorney General with recommendations on how to improve the law.

“It is important to be proactive in having these discussions in advance of legislative sessions,” said Wimberley. “I look forward to hearing the thoughts and ideas of others in this working group and seeing where there are opportunities to find middle ground while maintaining the strength of the state’s FOIA.”

“Guarding the state’s Freedom of Information Act has been a large part of my legal career,” said Tull, who also represents APA and its member newspapers. “I’m honored to serve with the other members of this working group to find ways to improve FOIA but maintain its strength. I’m thankful to Attorney General Griffin for bringing together this group to open this discussion.”