In FY 2024, over 200,000 Freedom of Information Act requests were backlogged, according to the Government Accountability ...

Senate Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has filed a measure seeking to implement a policy for full public disclosure ...

An agreed-upon order filed Wednesday dismisses a civil lawsuit accusing Fort Smith and its top administrator of Freedom of ...

More from Wes on Freedom of Information. Debated, amended, and currently under siege – the Freedom of Information Act remains one of the sharpest weapons in a researcher’s arsenal.

Originally enacted on July 4, 1966, the Freedom of Information Act established a statutory right of public access to Executive Branch information held by the federal government.

Open records are an essential part of our democracy and the Freedom of Information act insures all of us have access to them. While Nebraska's FOIA laws are strong, there can still be barriers to ...

The Freedom of Information Act made it possible for the Associated Press to acquire the video of President Bush's pre-Katrina teleconference. Similar releases have resulted in big stories, but ...

Latest News The Freedom of Information Act isn’t just for journalists. Here’s how you can use it too. By Jane Elizabeth Updated July 10, 2019 5:45 PM ...

Federal agencies routinely flout the 1966 Freedom of Information Act, the so-called Open Government Act of 2007 that strengthens the 1966 law, and Obama's 2009 executive order directing agencies ...