'There is a big problem': Senators unite to slam FOIA compliance. The premier transparency law is hobbled by backlogs and mountains of electronic data, lawmakers are told.

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 ...

Journalists and watchdogs can’t tell you what government agencies are doing if those agencies don’t provide public information they are legally required to provide. Not surprisingly, ma ...

It’s a bit harder to see how—even if they wanted to—government could meet the challenge of regularly, preemptively, and manageably releasing the discrete documents, reports, and memos that are ...

The federal government needs a new Freedom of Information Act champion. Following the November retirement of Office of Government Information Services Director Miriam Nisbet, the office in charge ...

Ignoring Freedom of Information Act requests during the crisis damages democracy. By The Editorial Board The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise ...

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.

FOIA compliance update. Lansing. A survey of capital-area government units found mixed compliance with the changes in Michigan’s Freedom of Information law that went into effect on July 1 and ...

LANSING – Three weeks after changes in Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act took effect, a survey of capital-area government units found mixed compliance. School districts in Lansing and East ...

When told FHPS compliance with the FOIA would be exorbitantly expensive, the parents resubmitted their FOIA on May 18, narrowing their request to include only documents mentioning CRT created by ...