FOIA

FOIA, Freedom of Information Act

With FOIA backlogs on the rise, do agencies need direct-hire authority?

A draft report being finalized by the FOIA Advisory Committee finds that many agencies are struggling to hire and retain FOIA professionals.

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Congress demands answers after explosive Coast Guard sexual assault report

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Do arbitrators go easy on federal employees who challenge being fired?

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The FOIA backlog continued to grow last year

The FOIA backlog has been on a steady rise since 2015.

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Five ways to improve FOIA estimated completion dates

Agency public information officers can take advantage of setting estimated dates of completion to identify unwanted pages and speed up processing times.

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How contractors use FOIA to spy on one another

The Freedom of Information Act might be best known as a way for journalists and public interest groups to get information about the operations of government. But it can also be a tool for companies to get confidential information about their competitors. Safeguarding that information has gotten more complicated in the last few years. Because the state of the law around the FOIA exemption that applies to things like trade secrets, it’s all in flux.

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