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

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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 ...

  3. Freedom of information in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. National Archives and Records Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) resource for the public and the government. Congress has charged NARA with reviewing FOIA policies, procedures, and compliance of federal agencies and to recommend changes to FOIA.

  5. Abolish FOIA (opinion)

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    FOIA has no teeth and bureaucrats abuse its exemptions. Just redact and release every federal workers' emails instead.

  6. Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - Wikipedia

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    The FOIA Project was created by TRAC to track government agencies' responsiveness to public records requests and to document the growing number of FOIA cases litigated in federal court. [10] The Project maintains a public website with information on federal FOIA cases, [ 31 ] agency FOIA processing times, a list of the most active FOIA ...

  7. Inside the conservative hunt for partisans in the federal ...

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    Howell estimates his group has submitted around 65,000 requests to federal agencies under the Freedom of Information Act, a law that governs public access to records produced by the government.

  8. FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act of 2014 - Wikipedia

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    The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants ...

  9. Privacy Act of 1974 - Wikipedia

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    To protect the privacy and liberty rights of individuals, federal agencies must state "the authority (whether granted by statute, or by Executive order of the President) which authorizes the solicitation of the information and whether disclosure of such information is mandatory or voluntary" when requesting information.