(For information on drafting a FOIA request on behalf of a state or local government, see Drafting a Federal FOIA Request in the Fall 2022 issue of Practical Law the Journal.) ...

A FOIA request must be in written form, reasonably describe the records sought, reflect a willingness to pay fees and provide a physical address. No special request form is needed.

FOIAFreedom of Information Act (FOIA) By U.S. Army March 20, 2019 ...

Court records state that CREW filed a FOIA requests to gather information on actions taken by the U.S. DOGE Service regarding significant changes and firings within federal programs early in ...

The Freedom of Information Act, for instance, had been around since 1966, but it got its teeth in 1974, in the form of amendments that upped the ante for government stalling on the release of public ...

Tech Immigration agency rolls out initial online FOIA processing capability The Freedom of Information Act Immigration Records SysTem (FIRST) will allow users to submit requests and receive documents ...

Anyone can submit a FOIA request to federal agencies in the United States, but what information fall sunder the request and how can you submit one successfully?

The committee consists of a variety of privacy industry experts — from attorneys at law firms that litigate privacy matters to chief privacy officers for companies like computer giant Oracle. The ...

WASHINGTON (CN) – The FBI improperly withheld all records that would show how it responds to Freedom of Information Act requests, a federal judge ruled. The political nonprofit National Security ...

Piccone filed a Freedom of Information Act request on Dec. 10, 2014, seeking Patent and Trademark Office documents related to the department's disciplinary action against him, but the agency claims ...

Enacted in 1966, the act requires the government to provide answers to specific requests for information, and as any FOIA requester knows, the more specific the better chance of getting what you ...

FBI to lift restrictions on online FOIA system after reports it would ditch email, switch to fax FOIA submissions via email will remain unavailable after March 1.