After several media outlets published thousands of Dr. Anthony Fauci’s emails, some public figures claimed the emails had been “leaked.” The Washington Post and BuzzFeed News say they used the Freedom of Information Act to request and obtain the emails of the White House’s chief medical adviser. Niquelle M. Allen, the director of the District…
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During Sunshine Week, senators cite issues with FOIA request backlog
As the federal government saw a record-breaking number of Freedom of Information Act requests last year, many agencies still struggle with a growing case backlog. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday, several lawmakers expressed frustration with some of the bottlenecks in the FOIA process. The hearing occurred during Sunshine Week, an annual initiative by…
RCFP: Survey of Journalists’ Views on “Release to One, Release to All” Under the federal Freedom of Information Act
Op-Ed: Court wrong to make police mugshots private
This month, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act turned 50. But the passage of time has not slowed the pace of threads toward it and, transitively, toward the American public.
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What You Need to Know About the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
On June 13, 2016, the House passed Senate Bill S.337, or the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016, which had previously passed the Senate in early March by unanimous consent. The bill is now on its way to President Obama, who has already expressed approval of the bill and is expected to sign the bill into law in the upcoming weeks.
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Opinion: Freedom of Information Act needs to be fixed.
New legislation introduced in the Senate last week would close the “because I feel like it” loophole in the Freedom of Information Act.
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