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Commentary

The FOIA floods are coming

Here's how states can prepare for the impending onslaught of FOIA requests this election season.

Commentary

Implementing the Evidence Act – What’s Next?

Hiring/Retention

With FOIA backlogs on the rise, do agencies need direct-hire authority?

Federal Newscast

DoD slated to receive over $18B for military construction initiatives

Management

Federal Labor Relations Authority proposes new privacy rules

Defense

Congress demands answers after explosive Coast Guard sexual assault report

Federal Insights

State Department looks to AI for streamlined FOIA workloads
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Technology

DOJ OIP leads effort to set FOIA tool tech standards across government
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FILE - Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Aug. 10, 2022. Stocks teetered between small gains and losses in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 which left major indexes well in the red for the week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Agency Oversight

Are senior federal employees violating ethics rules en masse?

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Unions

Do arbitrators go easy on federal employees who challenge being fired?

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Contracting

A FOIA request goes after years of confidential contractor information

Federal Newscast

Air Force will no longer shoot down Facebook foes

Freedom of Information Act

Agency Oversight

Does the government need a FOIA enforcer?

Freedom of Information Act

Agency Oversight

The FOIA backlog continued to grow last year

Freedom of Information Act

Open Data/Transparency

Five ways to improve FOIA estimated completion dates

evidence Act

Contracting

How contractors use FOIA to spy on one another

Dr. Rogers Cain, right, a primary care doctor, confers with office manager Cassandra Robinson, at his practice, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. Cain said it was easier to convince his elderly patients to get the vaccine but his patients under the age of 50 remain skeptical. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Federal Newscast

Federal workers injured on the job may soon have more treatment options

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Agency Oversight

FOIA advisers recommend independent review into how DHS handles immigration record requests

Freedom of Information Act

Open Data/Transparency

Study looking at how agencies make their crucial legal documents publicly available

Intelligence Community

Two agency inspectors general got salaries that busted legal limits on political employee pay

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland listens during a meeting of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force at the Justice Department, March 10, 2022 in Washington. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Garland on Wednesday, March 16, for the first time convened a multilateral task force known as REPO, short for Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs, one of several new efforts dedicated to enforcing sanctions against Russian oligarchs over the war in Ukraine. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP, File)

Agency Oversight

Garland issues new FOIA guidance as lawmakers seek GAO study of agency challenges

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2020, file photo a U.S. Department of Homeland Security plaque is displayed a podium as international passengers arrive at Miami international Airport where they are screened by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Miami. The damned-if-you-pay-damned-if-you-don’t dilemma on ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond. While the Biden administration “strongly discourages” paying, it recognizes that failing to pay would be suicidal for some victims. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Agency Oversight

DHS privacy chief aims to promote ‘privacy enhancing technologies’

A. Ashley Tabaddor

Federal Newscast

A new idea in the House has immigration judges becoming their own entity

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