Melanie Pustay: How 2016 FOIA changes affect federal agencies

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Melanie Pustay: How 2016 FOIA changes affect federal agencies

Several revisions to the Freedom of Information Act were passed in June 2016 that may have been shadowed by the election season. Melanie Pustay, director of t...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

February 22, 2017 10:22 am

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Melanie Pustay, director, Office of Information Policy, Justice Dept.

Several revisions to the Freedom of Information Act were passed in June 2016 that may have been shadowed by the election season. Melanie Pustay, director of the information policy office at the Justice Department, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin what those changes mean for FOIA officers and anyone working with federal records.