Results for "FOIA"

Guidance

Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act

The United States Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act is a comprehensive legal treatise on the FOIA. The Guide includes detailed discussions of the FOIA’s procedural requirements, nine exemptions, and litigation considerations. Each section contains a detailed analysis of the key judicial opinions issued on the FOIA.

Source

Department of Justice

Keywords

FOIA

Final Report and Recommendations of the 2016-2018 FOIA Advisory Committee

This report outlines the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee's recommendations and best practices for the administration of FOIA. Dated April 17, 2018.

Source

National Archives and Records Administration

Keywords

open data, FOIA

Format

PDF (31 pages)

Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 (“Evidence Act”)

The text of H.R.4174 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, known as the Evidence Act. Title II of the Evidence Act (OPEN Government Data Act) describes the requirements for CDOs, CDO Council, and this repository.

Source

Public law

Keywords

open data, FOIA, data governance

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Memorandum

Office of the Attorney General memo that issues guidelines for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Dated March 19, 2009.

Source

Department of Justice

Keywords

FOIA

Format

PDF (3 pages, 1.2 MB)

OMB M-06-12: Protection of Sensitive Agency Information

Follow-up memo to M-06-04, “Implementation of the President’s Executive Order ‘Improving Agency Disclosure of Information’”. In that memorandum, the Deputy Director summarized the Order’s requirements and highlighted its upcoming deadlines for agency action. Dated April 13, 2006.

Source

Office of Management and Budget

Keywords

FOIA, access

Format

PDF (1 page, 35 KB)

OMB M-19-10: Guidance for Achieving Interoperability with the National Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Portal on FOIA.gov

One of the principal improvements in the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 was the requirement to create a central, online request portal that allows a member of the public to submit a request for records under the FOIA to any Federal agency from a single website. This memorandum provides instructions for agencies' Chief FOIA Officers on actions that agencies must take to ensure interoperability with the National FOIA Portal. Dated February 12, 2019.

Source

Office of Management and Budget

Keywords

FOIA, access

Format

PDF (3 pages, 158 KB)

OMB Memorandum: Privacy Act Guidance — Update

This memorandum calls attention to three areas and suggests specific remedial steps for agencies: (1) Agencies' disclosures of personal information from systems of records during the course of litigation; (2) the disclosure of personal information from Privacy Act files pursuant to Section (b)(2), which allows agencies to make non-consensual disclosures if the disclosure would be "required" under the Freedom of Information Act; (3) the relationship between the exemption provisions of the Privacy Act and those of the Freedom of Information Act. Dated May 24, 1985.

Source

Office of Management and Budget

Keywords

privacy, FOIA

Format

PDF (10 pages)

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