It's Sunshine Week, but transparency advocates say open government, already in peril, may be reaching a new low under the Trump administration.

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 ...

Under Wisconsin open records law, you have the right to request access to government records. Here's a step-by-step guide on ...

The Nieman Lab, a journalism advocacy group, reports that, “as of the third quarter of 2024, federal agencies had a backlog of over 222,000 FOIA requests, an increase of 10 percent from the ...

At one point, Joe Concha noted in Politico in 2023, it had been 150 days since Biden had held a formal news conference in the White House. “Let that sink in,” he wrote. “The U.S. president has refused ...

Sen. Bryan King challenges the lack of transparency in Arkansas' $1.2B mega-prison plan, urging accountability and alternative solutions.

A 2024 U.S. Government Accountability Office report showed that the federal government had a backlog of more than 200,000 FOIA requests and that the percentage processed in 20 days or fewer fell ...

Hausman added that many people will be entitled to be released on bond while awaiting court proceedings, which have a backlog of years ... withheld in the ACLU’s FOIA request indicated that ...