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

Last week, federal Judge Christopher Cooper found the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was likely subject to comply with public disclosure laws, which includes Freedom of Information Act ...

The Freedom of Information Act seeks to ensure public access to federal records. Tim Burton’s 1988 film “Beetlejuice” tells the tale of a crude, comical ghost summoned from the netherworld ...

It's not just the Epstein files. The Trump administration is withholding all kinds of public records. President Donald ...

(For information on drafting a FOIA request on behalf of a state or local government, see Drafting a Federal FOIA Request in the Fall 2022 issue of Practical Law the Journal.) ...

The oldest reported Freedom of Information Act request in the federal government resides at the Justice Department and is 18 years old -- or, as the National Security Archive, a research group ...

The number of FOIA requests to the county this year will nearly triple the amount from five years ago, increasing to over 1,000 this and last year, according to county Corporation Counsel John Scapka.