United States District Court Judge Christopher R. Cooper ruled that the Department of Government Efficiency is subject to FOIA requests. Cooper’s ruling is long, catty, and funny. It comes to ...

The plaintiffs do not express any opinion on this development ... On Feb. 28, Judicial Watch upped the ante with a FOIA request explicitly tying their inquiry to FBI Director Kash Patel.

Cooper noted as examples that the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Council on Environmental Quality are both covered by FOIA due to the substantial independent authority ...

Over the past decade I've submitted hundreds of records requests to federal agencies through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I've written extensively about the law, taught college students ...

The Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk, is likely subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled Monday, noting that the newly formed department had ...

The number of FOIA requests filed in fiscal year 2024 surpassed 1.5 million, which represented a 25% increase from FY 2023. Congress Artificial Intelligence The adoption of modernized information ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, was no fan of FOIA, enacted in 1966. And while he signed it into law, he refused to do so in public. A few years later, Republican President Gerald Ford ...

Their work has been mandated by Congress since the 1960s under the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA. "As a result, there are currently zero personnel available to process FOIA requests received ...

Griffis led CDC communications from June 2022 to March 2025. The DOGE cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday will make America less safe. Unless something is done soon ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was among the agencies that had its FOIA office eliminated late Monday night, according to a synopsis of the cuts shared at a CDC staff meeting ...

Springfield resident Calvin Christian III filed a lawsuit against the city for alleged FOIA violations after waiting months for requested documents about Ward 1 aldermanic candidates. The State ...

A recent Tax Notes investigation explored flaws practitioners have identified in the IRS's FOIA disclosure and appeals systems, which have led to taxpayer frustration and a growing backlog.