Commentary FOIA In 2025: Beat the Backlog and Avoid Lawsuits The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) stands at a critical juncture heading into 2025. Federal agencies are grappling with mounting ...

In FY 2022, the government-wide FOIA backlog surpassed 200,000 requests for the first time. A Government Accountability Office report attributed the backlog to "larger volumes of requests and more ...

In its December 2009 Open Government Directive, the Obama administration requested that agencies with significant backlogs reduce its backlog by 10 percent each year. Contracting non-governmental ...

In its December 2009 Open Government Directive, the Obama administration requested that agencies with significant backlogs reduce its backlog by 10 percent each year. Contracting non-governmental ...