Freedom of Information Act requests often take agencies months to fulfill, by which time some requesters from the media or advocacy groups may have moved on to other pursuits.
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Read More… from Justice Updates FOIA Guidance to Confirm Requesters Still Care
If there's something you want to know and it's considered public record, getting the information is now easier and cheaper than ever.
Significant revisions to Michigan's Freedom of Information Act went into full effect today. Continue>>>
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Read More… from Significant revisions to Michigan’s FOIA go into effect July 1
(CN) – Two professors are entitled to lower processing fees for a public records request because its purpose is educational and journalistic, a federal judge ruled.
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The D.C. Council insisted in the Budget Support Act passed June 30 that police body-worn camera video be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.
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Read More… from Washington D.C.: Police body cam video to be available under FOIA
BRIDGEPORT — If elected City Council members want information from Mayor Bill Finch’s administration, they can always do what John and Jane Q Public does — file a Freedom of Information request and get in line.
That can mean waiting weeks and sometimes months for the data.
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Read More… from Connecticut: City Attorney, Council members fight over transparency
A top official at a controversial U.S. export finance agency deleted text messages sent within days of the 2014 midterm elections after a watchdog group filed an open records request for the messages, the agency admitted recently.
The watchdog group, Cause of Action, said the deletion amounts to “unlawful destruction of federal records” in a legal complaint filed on Wednesday. Continue>>>
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CHATHAM – A judge has dismissed a petition filed by three residents against the Pittsylania County Agricultural Development Board. However, he granted them reasonable attorney fees they had requested in the case.
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Read More… from Virginia: Judge dismisses FOIA case against Pittsylvania County
Western Watersheds Project has filed a federal lawsuit against Wildlife Services, saying the federal agency hasn’t responded to its Freedom of Information Act requests for documents detailing its activities in killing wildlife in Idaho. Talasi Brooks, an attorney with Advocates for the West, which is representing the conservation group in the case, said, “The Freedom of Information Act’s basic purpose is to open agency action to the light of public scrutiny.
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Read More… from Western Watersheds group files FOIA lawsuit against U.S. Wildlife Services
ST. JOSEPH – Requesting government documents through Michigan's Freedom of Information Act is getting a lot freer, James McGovern, Berrien County's attorney, told county commissioners Thursday.
"They can't miss how easy it is to make a FOIA request," McGovern said of the new state law that went into effect this year making obtaining documents more convenient and more affordable.
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Read More… from Michigan: Obtaining government documents is getting easier, county attorney says
Multiple whistleblowers have come forward from the U.S. Marshals Service, claiming that leadership within the agency uses requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to retaliate against individuals because they sought to report various abuses of power.
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