FOIA
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Congress passed a bill updating the Freedom of Information Act process, placing the burden on the agency to justify why it has to withhold information rather than asking the requester to justify its release
June 14, 2016 -
Members of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee want answers from the Federal Reserve, about 50 cyber attacks that occurred in the past several years.
June 03, 2016 -
Alex Howard of the Sunlight Foundation discusses the legislation now being negotiated to codify new reforms to the Freedom of Information Act.
May 13, 2016 -
Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) is introducing the “OPEN Government Data Act,” which he said will make the new default standard for government data an "open" one.
April 14, 2016 -
The Freedom of Information Act has been the law of the land for 50 years, but former government officials say the landmark transparency bill doesn't empower agency offices to reduce their huge information request backlogs.
March 15, 2016 -
The Office of Information Policy published data on FOIA request processing from the annual reports of 100 agencies.
March 15, 2016 -
Open records watchdogs in Congress say excessive fees, delayed deadlines and overuse of redactions are harming the Freedom of Information Act process.
January 11, 2016 -
Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform took aim Thursday at federal agencies who they claim have been lax on fulfilling document requests.
January 08, 2016 -
A Freedom of Information Act request led to a lawsuit from a former fed at the Federal Trade Commission. Phil Reitinger is the former deputy under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate at the Homeland Security Department. He's now the CEO of VisionSpear LLC and a senior associate in the Strategic Technologies Program .at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about his case and what he learned about the information he wanted and the FOIA process itself.
September 11, 2015 -
When it comes to government transparency, the Freedom of Information Act officers at federal agencies have a lot of catching up to do.
August 19, 2015 -
Seven agencies are trying out a new approach to making documents available under the Freedom of Information Act. The Justice Department's Office of Information Policy is spearheading a proactive disclosure effort to measure the cost and effectiveness of making information available as soon as it's requested. Melanie Pustay is the director of the Office of Information Policy at the Justice Department. She joined Jason Miller on the Federal Drive to explain more about the pilot and how it could change federal FOIA processes.
August 07, 2015 -
\"We can\'t just put a smiley face on everything and say it\'s good,\" said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who led two days of hearings on agencies\' attempts to fulfill Freedom of Information Act requests. He vowed to push reform legislation through Congress.
June 03, 2015 -
The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is holding two hearings this week on the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) with a goal of better understanding why agencies find it so difficult to consistently meet the spirit and intent of the law. The FOIA backlog grew by 55 percent in 2014.
June 03, 2015 -
The way to better, more trustworthy government is through fixing broken systems and processes, and funding them adequately, says Federal News Radio's Tom Temin in a new commentary.
March 31, 2015 -
The House Oversight Committee says yes to bills banning porn at federal agencies and making it easier for the public to request and receive government records.
March 26, 2015