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Showing posts with label FOIA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FOIA. Show all posts
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Journal calls for imagining FOIA 60 years hence

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The Journal of Civic Information plans a special issue on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at 60, and the deadline for submissions has...
Saturday, September 13, 2025

U.S. FOIA committee contemplates research, reform

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The federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , on which I serve as a non-governmental member, held a public meeting  Thu...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Regulatory overhaul opens opportunity to build 'transparency by design' into federal contracting

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Google Gemini CC0 Colleagues and I submitted a comment to the federal government yesterday urging recognition of the freedom of information,...
Monday, May 19, 2025

LoMonte tells timely Tenn. tale of vanishing public records, legislative response in retention requirement

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My friend and colleague Frank LoMonte , CNN senior legal counsel, has published a superb and timely new article, "The Race to Erase: De...
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Sunshine Fest shines in D.C. despite gloomy climate

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Last week I attended Sunshine Fest in Washington, D.C., a conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of Sunshine Week , which recognizes t...
Friday, March 7, 2025

FOIA committee meets after firing of National Archivist

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Yesterday, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , on which I am privileged to serve, held a public meeting, available o...
Sunday, December 15, 2024

OGIS seeks FOIA analyst

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Fancy a new gig in 2025? The Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) is hiring an analyst for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) me...
Friday, December 6, 2024

FOIA Advisory Committee takes aim at volume, other challenges in access to public records

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee , serving the National Archives, held a public meeting yesterday via WebEx, and the...
Monday, December 2, 2024

Even town fool has opinions on FOIA

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For better or worse, my town fool's face today graced The FOIA Ombuds , the blog of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS...
Saturday, October 26, 2024

Transparency never goes out of style

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This autumn, I am privileged to serve as a new member of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee, a U.S. federal entity con...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

ACUS seeks consultant on access to public records

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The Administrative Conference of the United States ( ACUS ) has posted a request for proposals (RFP) seeking "a consultant to produce ...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Ark. Gov swings again at state FOIA

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Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has proposed a bill to undercut the highly regarded transparency regime of that state's Freedo...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Denying public access to crash data, did state agency prioritize fear of litigation over public safety?

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Map of bicycle and pedestrian accidents in Providence, R.I., 2009-17, from Providence Great Streets Master Plan (2020) Rhode Island authori...
Monday, May 22, 2023

DA cannot shield officer, EMT identities from state FOIA disclosure, court rules in fatal police shooting

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A Massachusetts Superior Court in March ordered the district attorney to release investigative records to the family of a man killed by poli...
Sunday, May 14, 2023

Public records make $363m toxic-tort verdict possible

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Condensed ethylene oxide, a carcinogen. 102% Yield via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Public records made possible a $363m verdict in a tox...
Saturday, May 13, 2023

Opioid settlement disbursements must be transparent, state high court rules in row over nonprofit foundation

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The nonprofit foundation responsible for disbursing hundreds of millions of dollars of opioid settlement money in Ohio is subject to state f...
Monday, April 10, 2023

Citizens defeat attack on state transparency law

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A bill that would have gutted the state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was defeated in committee in the Arkansas House on March 29. A mo...
Monday, February 27, 2023

FOI seminar shines light on transparency research

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In fall 2022, students in my freedom-of-information (FOI) law seminar produced another range of compelling research papers in which they inq...