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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA / ˈ f ɔɪ j ə / FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncirculated information and documents controlled by the U.S. government upon request. The act defines agency records subject to ...
The Holder Memo is part of series of policy memos on how federal agencies should apply FOIA exemptions. Beginning in 1977 with Attorney General Griffin Bell, and continued by Attorney General William French Smith in 1981 and Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced how the executive branch should approach FOIA, its application, and DOJ's defense of ...
Slovakia passed the Freedom of Information Act in May 2000 (Num. law: 211/2000 Z. z.). Under the law, everybody can demand information from state institutions, organisations, from municipalities, individuals and legal entities financed by the public budget. [124]
Flawed as it may be, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act became a model in transparency for other countries to follow. ... France passed a freedom of information law in 1978, but "the law has so ...
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978, 44 U.S.C. §§ 2201–2209, [3] is an Act of the United States Congress governing the official records of Presidents and Vice Presidents created or received after January 20, 1981, and mandating the preservation of all presidential records.
Passed the House on April 28, 2014 Signed into law by President Barack Obama on May 9, 2014 The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 ( DATA Act ) is a law that aims to make information on federal expenditures more easily accessible and transparent. [ 1 ]
Freedom of Information Act; 83rd Illinois General Assembly; Citation: 5 ILCS 140/1 et seq. Public Act 83-1013: Passed: June 28, 1983: Signed by: Governor James R. Thompson (after amendatory veto agreed to by the General Assembly)
Freedom of Information Act may refer to the following legislations in different jurisdictions which mandate the national government to disclose certain data to the general public upon request: Freedom of Information Act (United States) of 1966; Freedom of Information Act 1982, the Australian act; Freedom of Information Act 2000, the UK act