enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Freedom of Information Act (United States) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act...

   Administrative law of the United States. The Freedom of Information Act ( FOIA / ˈfɔɪjə / 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.

3. Texas Public Information Act - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Public_Information_Act

   Description of Statute. The Texas Public Information Act is a series of legislative acts that have been incorporated into the Texas Government Code in Title 5, Subchapter A Subtitle 552. The Act is intended to guarantee public access to governmental information in the interest of providing transparency in government. [1] [2]

4. California Public Records Act - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Public_Records_Act

   The California Public Records Act (Statutes of 1968, Chapter 1473; currently codified as Division 10 of Title 1 of the California Government Code) [ 1] was a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by governor Ronald Reagan in 1968 requiring inspection or disclosure of governmental records to the public upon request, unless ...

5. Bragg defers to Merchan, won't block Trump's request to push ...

   www.aol.com/news/bragg-defers-merchan-wont-block...

   The letter, signed by Bragg's assistant district attorneys, including Matthew Colangelo, a former Biden Justice Department official, was made public on Monday. In a letter of their own made public ...

6. Freedom of information in the United States - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_in...

   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 ...

7. Public records - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_records

   For example, Colorado has the Colorado Open Records Act (CORA); [11] in New Jersey the law is known as the Open Public Records Act (OPRA). [12] There are many degrees of accessibility to public records between states, with some making it fairly easy to request and receive documents, and others with many exemptions and restricted categories of ...

8. National Archives and Records Administration - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and...

   Website. www .archives .gov. The National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA) is an independent agency of the United States government within the executive branch, [ 4] charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It is also tasked with increasing public access to those documents that make up the ...

9. Freedom of information laws by country - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information...

   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]