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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 ...
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 ...
Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994; Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990; Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; Federal Records Act; Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946; Federal Reports Act; Flag Acts; FOIA Exemption 3 Statutes; Former Presidents Act; Freedom of Information Act (United States ...
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. ... records law. Bills to extend FOIA to the ...
The law set up the structure of FOIA as we know it today. President Lyndon B. Johnson, despite his misgivings, [14] [15] signed the FOIA into law. [16] That law was initially repealed. During the period between the enactment of the act and its effective date, Title 5 of the United States Code was enacted into positive law. [17]
Senate Bills 669 and 670 would add both the Legislature and the governor's office to Michigan's existing FOIA laws, which allow individuals to request records and other information from government ...
The Piedmont Park Conservancy is a private non-profit that oversees and manages Piedmont Park.In 2007, when the organization moved forward with a plan to install a controversial parking structure, a group opposed to the plan—Friends of Piedmont Park—filed an open record request under Georgia Georgia's open records legislationn [1] for records of the Conservancy.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law that allows the public to request access to records from federal agencies to promote transparency in government operations.