Loosely coining this effort, the FOIA Compliance Framework , it would provide uniformity and consistency among the entirety of the federal government to enhance FOIA’s transparency mandate.

In fact, Leopold says FOIA compliance has gotten worse since the 2016 amendments, which were supposed to force agencies to operate under a presumption of disclosure and stop hiding records merely ...

When it comes to the federal government and responding to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, ... would force the agencies to take ownership of FOIA compliance. ...

Looking Forward: The Future of FOIA Processing As the federal government braces for what could be another record-breaking year of FOIA requests in FY 2024, the need for innovative solutions is clear.

Federal agency and department leaders are not going to take FOIA compliance seriously unless and until they know their entire organizations will suffer unless they produce the records requested ...

To be clear, the federal government’s FOIA compliance is already in a dire state. The Biden administration is far from a beacon of transparency when it comes to responsiveness to FOIA requests. As of ...

In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Tax Notes chief correspondent Amanda Athanasiou discusses her recent investigation into the IRS's handling of Freedom of Information Act requests and trends from ...