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FOIA Exemption 3 Statutes are statutes found to qualify under Exemption 3 of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C.§ 552(b)(3).Under its terms, as amended in 1976 and 2009, a statute qualifies as an "Exemption 3 statute" only if it "(i) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue; or (ii) establishes particular criteria ...
A 2014 survey by the Free Press found Michigan was one of only two states where both the governor and Legislature were exempt from open records laws.
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 ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
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Map of Monroe County from 1873. Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 154,809. [2] The largest city and county seat is Monroe. [3] The county was established as the second county (after Wayne County) in the Michigan Territory in 1817 and was named for then-President James Monroe. [4]
Mark Brant, a newly elected county commissioner in Michigan, is eager to serve constituents from federal prison. "My phone will be available." Voters in Monroe County, Mich., elected a convict who ...
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 ...