Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests When a sponsored project is funded with a federal grant, the grant proposal, project description and funding agreement are subject to the provisions ...

In the always-on, hyper-connected digital age, you'd think it would be relatively straightforward to produce records for ...

See WMU's Freedom of Information Act Policy for information on how to submit a FOIA request. It is public policy of this state that all persons, except those persons incarcerated in state or local ...

A student at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request. He was trying to get access to documents related to an ongoing investigation ...

The best example of that is whenever an attorney makes a request on behalf of a client, she said. The Office of Open Records has confirmed that FOIA Buddy is operated by people who have a stated ...

we've submitted Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for records in an effort to get a better understanding of the operations at the water treatment plant, maintenance, who knew what and ...

Journalists and other government watchdogs routinely use FOIA requests to obtain records to investigate potential wrongdoing. For years, transparency advocates have called on Michigan lawmakers to ...

Currently, Michigan is one of only a handful of states that exempts the state legislature and governor's office from FOIA requests. Senate Bills 1 and 2 aim to provide more transparency for the ...