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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…
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.
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,…
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.
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…
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…