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In 2015, the Center for Effective Government analyzed 15 federal agencies which receive the most FOIA requests in-depth. The organization used a scale considering three factors: the clarity of agency rules regarding FOIA requests, quality or 'friendliness' of an agency's FOIA webpage, and the timely, complete manner of processing requests.
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 ...
From its FOIA requests, TRAC adds more than 3 billion new records to its database annually (>250 million records per month). Furthermore more than 300,000 monthly records on civil and criminal proceedings are also obtained. [16] The TRAC website consists of various subsections that list data from specific government agencies and special projects.
Yet The New York Times reported Monday that the Trump White House had declared records produced and received by DOGE to be presidential records, in effect shielding them from FOIA requests.
The response from the Federal Bureau of Investigation was a bill for $270,000 to fulfill the request. [16] MuckRock's request to the New York City Police Department for their guidebook on responding to FOIA requests was denied due to it being a confidential document. [17]
Useful functions grinding to a halt: CNN filed some Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests about Elon Musk's security clearance, as well as the clearances received by those within the ...
Access to U.S. national public records is guided by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Requests for access to records pursuant to FOIA may be refused by federal agencies if information requested is subject to exemption, or some information may be redacted (deleted). In addition to the national FOIA, all states have some form of FOI legislation.
The New York Times reported on January 20 that Musk had a White House access badge, but the White House didn't confirm Musk's status as a "special government employee" until February 3.