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Seminar: Leveraging technology to fulfill FOIA
Federal News Radio's Chris Dorobek will be hosting a panel.
Tags: newscast , DorobekInsider , Must Reads ,
Progress in Federal FOIA requests, but room for improvement
Agencies are meeting the White House's mandate to be more open and transparent when it comes to releasing documents and meeting Freedom of Information Act requests.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Jason Miller , Melanie Pustay , Justice , management ,
Agencies opening up slowly under FOIA mandate
The Justice Department's new report finds that the number of partial documents released last year increased by 50,000. Many agencies also reduced their backlog of FOIA requests. Agencies say some of improvements can be attributed to increased attention across the government and better technology.
Tags: management , technology , Melanie Pustay , DoJ , DHS , Interior , SBA , IRS , Commerce , Institute of Museum and Library Services , openness , transparency , Web 2.0 , Jason Miller
New financial law limiting public access?
Learn more about the potential new restrictions to what can be FOIA-ed
Tags: DorobekInsider , newscast , Must Reads , SEC
FOIA fulfillment changes under the aegis of OGIS
Miriam Nisbit on OGIS: Our office was created through the Open Government Act of 2007 and we opened our doors just six months ago. Since then, we've been working to fulfill our statutory mandates.
Tags: mngt , Miriam Nisbet , OGIS , National Archives
FBI reports chronicle Ivins investigation
The government's eight-year investigation of the 2001 anthrax mailings started with Fort Detrick scientist Bruce Ivins helping the FBI analyze contaminated letters and ended with Ivins being named the sole culprit in the attacks.
Tags: anthrax , Bruce Ivins , Federal Bureau of Investigation ,
The new Office of Government Information Services
We hear from the head of the new Office of Government Information Services that agency managers will be relying on as they work to meet the Openness directive.
Tags: management , Office of Government Information Services , Miriam Nisbet , NARA
Government gets more open about FOIA performance
It just got easier to track how well agencies are complying with FOIA requests
Tags: Open Government Initiative , DoJ , Justice , Melanie Pustay
The Unintended Consequences of the Terrorist Trials in New York
Regardless of the trial's outcome, security, facilities and procedural requirements will put government workers through a financial, labor-intensive, emotional wringer.
Tags: President Obama , Khalid Sheik Mohammed , New York City , Terrorists, , Zacarias Moussaoui , Federal Courts , Administrator of the Courts , AOC , U S Marshals , Freedom Tower , Twin Towers
How not to run afoul of FOIA
Tags: mngt , Miriam Nisbet , NARA , Office of Information Services
