Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection. This is Part 2 of a two-part series on FOIA’s deliberative process ...

As AI-fueled requests rise under Michigan's FOIA, clerks in Ann Arbor and Milan juggle deadlines, fees and exemptions to keep ...

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 ...

Notwithstanding the Freedom of Information Act’s primary goal of promoting transparency in government decision-making, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a 7-to-2 vote that the public policy of ...

“Full compliance with FOIA is critical to ensure the public has access to government records in order to hold the government accountable. According to GAO’s report, agencies are making progress in ...

A digital FOIA process is coming to USCIS. (ad.mak / Flickr) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday that it has launched a new system that will allow the agency to process ...

Cadillac resident Brad Marine has found using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to request information from local ...

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

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. announced on August 9, 2022, that Chief Deputy City Attorney Alex Betton will lead the newly aligned FOIA Division. He also ordered an overhaul of the city's ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Ask any journalist and they’ll tell you the Freedom of Information Act process is broken. Denials are at record highs ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton’s unorthodox use of a private email account and personal server for government business exploited a loophole in the State Department's FOIA, or Freedom of Information Act, ...