FOIA
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Agencies are meeting the White House\'s mandate to be more open and transparent when it comes to releasing documents and meeting Freedom of Information Act requests.
August 03, 2010 -
The Justice Department\'s new report finds that the number of partial documents released last year increased by 50,000. Many agencies also reduced their backlog of FOIA requests. Agencies say some of improvements can be attributed to increased attention across the government and better technology.
August 03, 2010 -
Learn more about the potential new restrictions to what can be FOIA-ed
August 02, 2010 -
The Associated Press says it\'s obtained a thousand emails showing DHS sent FOIA requests to senior political advisers who turned scoured them for information about the requesters and delaying disclosures deemed too politically sensitive. DHS spokesman Sean Smith says, they were just giving senior leadership visibility into FOIA releases to enable the Department to be as responsive as possible. FOIA\'s are designed to be insulated from political considerations. AP says DHS stopped the practice after their investigation.
July 22, 2010 -
The FBI is using an out-of-date system to avoid fufilling Freedom of Information Act requests. That’s according to the National Security Archives, which has accused the bureau of deliberately limiting its search capabilities to avoid…
March 20, 2009