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

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 ...

The department said it is working with educators in the N.W.T. to "confirm the impacts" of sweeping changes the federal government announced last week to address a 140,000-case backlog. In an ...

Welcome back to another edition of FOIA Files. Just a month into Trump’s second presidency, the FOIA has made its way into the swirling, political chaos. The administration’s mass firings of ...

An OPM email responded, “Good luck with that” — the staff responsible for responding to FOIA requests at OPM had been fired. “Anytime that whole FOIA offices are getting fired, it portends ...

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 ...

It's easy to check if you're one of them, but it's not as easy to claim. WMAR-2 News Mallory Sofastaii has learned there’s a significant backlog causing delays in the claims process, with wait times ...

Sometimes, you don't even need to see a bike rider in person or read their results to know how they got on in a race - and when a Visma-Lease a Bike staff member cut around to the back of the ...

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The backlog comes after two consecutive winter storms hit the Toronto region on Thursday and Sunday, bringing a combined total snowfall amount to around 50 cm. Then, on Monday afternoon ...

Natalie Venegas is a Weekend Reporter at Newsweek based in New York. Her focus is reporting on education, social justice issues, healthcare, crime and politics while specializing on marginalized ...