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Agency Oversight

What to do about those ever-rising FOIA request backlogs

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests keep rising every year. Some agencies have trouble responding to them on time, leading to growing backlogs.

Agency Oversight

During Sunshine Week, GAO finds agencies need better plans to address surging FOIA backlogs

Hiring/Retention

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

Management

Meet the new director of the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library

Air Force

Air Force finally reveals a little bit about how the F-35 stacks up in providing close air support

Artificial Intelligence

State Department declassifies diplomatic cables using AI assistant

Workforce

A conversation with America's 11th National Archivist and the first woman

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Open Data/Transparency

New guidance from the Commerce Department for anyone who deals with data

Freedom of Information Act

Agency Oversight

FOIA backlogs on the rise after record number of requests

Freedom of Information Act

Agency Oversight

Justice Department, GSA working on common standards for FOIA tech

Federal Newscast

Air Force will no longer shoot down Facebook foes

Freedom of Information Act

Agency Oversight

Does the government need a FOIA enforcer?

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

Nut kit

Federal Newscast

Air Force wants to show airmen how to fuel themselves up

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

Merrick Garland

Federal Newscast

Members of Congress press AG Garland to get agencies to comply with FOIA laws

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’

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Workforce

Feds miss work due to vaccine side effects can file for compensation

Committee chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on "Legislative Proposals to Put the Postal Service on Sustainable Financial Footing" on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. United States Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is left. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

Open Data/Transparency

New House bill attempts to make presidential records more easily searchable

Lloyd Austin

Federal Newscast

Defense workers get ethics reminder from DoD secretary

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