FOIA
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For the fourth year in a row DoD wants more exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act.
May 02, 2018 -
More than 200 employees with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been arrested on corruption-related charges in the last 14 years. Thirteen of those arrests have come during the Trump Administration.
April 26, 2018 -
The director of the Office of Government Information Services at the National Archives and Records Administration shares her tips for filing a successful information request in an era of backlogs and appeals.
April 02, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senator John McCain said Gina Haspell will have to explain her involvement in the CIA's enhanced interrogation program before he'll vote for her confirmation.
March 14, 2018 -
Several federal agencies are struggling to keep up with a growing number of freedom of information requests, especially as fewer documents and officials' schedules are taken offline.
March 14, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, 24 agencies plan to consolidate their office space in the coming years according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 09, 2018 -
The Justice Department's Office of Information Policy launched the first iteration of its National FOIA Portal on Thursday through a redesign of its existing FOIA.gov website.
March 08, 2018 -
According to new documents from the Interior Department, 33 senior executives received reassignment notifications back in June. Of the 33, 10 received requests for a geographic reassignment.
December 13, 2017 -
An Interior senior executive is suing his former employer for documents related to the reassignments of 30-to-50 SES members.
November 15, 2017 -
Twenty-two open government organizations are looking to help expand public access to information, and at the same time lessen the paperwork burden on agencies.
November 06, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Government Accountability Office report says the Navy's shipyards are in such bad shape they can no longer meet the service's operational needs.
September 14, 2017 -
The White House ordered agencies to reduce and reform regulations with a goal of getting rid of two for every new one they write.
August 23, 2017 -
The federal government is headed toward an electronic records classification overload.
August 14, 2017 -
The Defense Department is giving Congress its suggestions for the 2018 defense authorization bill. The proposal gives service members a 2.1 percent pay raise.
June 12, 2017 -
Open government and press organizations are fighting back against the new communications policy the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee recently set between his committee and the Treasury Department. The new policy says any communication between the committee and the department will be considered a "congressional record" and therefore isn't subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
May 15, 2017