In Michigan, lawmakers aren't subject to open records laws. An effort to open the government to freedom of information requests appears to be failing again.

One of the most controversial state Republicans in American education policy played a secret role in encouraging the spread of “anti-woke” materials produced by a right-wing group with no academic ...

Under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, anyone can request (and, subject to certain exemptions, receive) information held by a public authority. A request for information must be made in writing ...

The University of South Florida School of Information Newsletter brings together departmental stories, events, and news important to information professionals. In this issue we highlight a special ...

President Joe Biden presented a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction on Saturday to the leader of his own church, Pope Francis. Biden praised the Catholic leader for being a “light of faith, ...

Freedom of speech is a bellwether ... In international law, access to information and free expression are two sides of the same coin, and both have found tremendous accelerators in the Internet ...

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). After years of resistance from many politicians and almost all government agencies, FOIA was signed into law in 1966. This landmark legislation, repeatedly ...

In November 2022, Global News filed a freedom of information request to access the call logs from the premier’s private cellphone for a one-week period. At the time, Ford had publicly suggested ...

For complete information about, and access to, our official publications and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov. The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting ...

In court papers filed late last year, the city’s Corporation Counsel asked a judge to toss a Freedom of Information Law ... The city stonewalled the request, asking for repeated delays, then ...

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction to Pope Francis on Saturday, granting one of the nation’s highest honors to a figure he called “the People’s Pope.” ...