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 ...

In other cases, FOIA staff are confused about whether material is actually both predecisional and deliberative, which is required to qualify for the privilege. However, we also see many instances ...

The FOIA audits have produced some unexpected benefits: pinpointing inefficiencies surrounding the request process. The Energy Department watchdog found that it should streamline FOIA requests, ...

The lack of research and understanding of FOIA is dwarfed only by how much control they want the governor to have in shaping the new process.

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), enacted in 1966, grants the public the right to access records from any federal agency, promoting transparency and accountability in government. Whether you ...

Newport News enhances transparency with a new VFOIA protocol, improving public access to government records via an online ...

"CREW, no doubt, would prefer to add to those conversations sooner rather than later," the judge muses. "But countless FOIA requesters could say the same." The post ‘Has not cleared this hurdle ...

And, like eDiscovery, the FOIA process is too often difficult, risky, expensive, and slow. So slow that some agencies claim it will take the better part of a century to review and produce documents.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — On Tuesday, Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. announced that Chief Deputy City Attorney Alex Betton will lead the newly aligned FOIA Division and ordered an overhaul of the ...

But experts widely agree the FOIA process must be modernized and fixed, as requests can sometimes take months, even years, to fulfill.

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 ...