The Interior Department has developed a second, undisclosed internal Freedom of Information Act review policy, which requires certain political appointees to sign off on documents before releasing ...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), enacted in 1966, ... The FOIA process can be complex and time consuming, especially when agencies resist disclosure. However, ...

Agency officials hope that technology can help automate practices to make the government more transparent -- but they first need to improve the practices themselves.

The FOIA process is used widely by journalists and the public to obtain information from the federal government, including the U.S. military.

The Sierra Club Puts FOIA to Work—And Changes the Government in the Process Of course, it’s not all sturm und drang when it comes to public records. As mentioned above, many agencies are ...

FOIA offices are struggling with the complexity of today's data environments as federal agencies are collecting more data in more formats than ever before. As agencies process and store increasing ...

These include reinstating a decentralized FOIA response process, appointing a new interim FOIA officer, establishing a new FOIA email, creating a new inner-department strategy to address requests ...