Freedom of Information Act

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration reports the IRS didn’t take a closer look at nearly 370,000 high-income non-filers between 2014 and 2016.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Transportation Security Administration soon will offer early retirements to employees across the agency.

The Justice Department is telling agencies struggling to complete Freedom of Information Act requests during the coronavirus pandemic to finish what’s possible remotely, and keep the public in the loop about delays.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department won guilty pleas from the former director of procurement for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the president and CEO of a government contracting firm for bribery.

In today’s Federal Newscast, media reports indicate that J. David Patterson is removing himself from consideration.

David Patterson was a deputy Defense Department comptroller during the George W. Bush administration.

In today’s Federal Newscast, a group of Maryland and Virginia Democrats are worried about plans to only give federal defense workers paid family leave.

Citizenship and Immigration Services attributes a 64% drop in its Freedom of Information Act backlog to a new, end-to-end processing and tracking system it launched back in July. CIS sees the new system as a model for other organizations — or an enterprise system that agencies could tap into.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Justice Department is looking to make it easier for agencies to submit their annual Freedom of Information Act reports required by law.

Orders tell federal agencies they must treat guidance documents as not legally binding, compile them into searchable databases within 120 days.