A new digital system for managing Freedom of Information Act requests to the Commerce Department and a handful of other federal agencies deserves an A+ for making it easier to file FOIAs, Amy Bennett, ...

A digital FOIA process is coming to USCIS. (ad.mak / Flickr) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced Wednesday that it has launched a new system that will allow the agency to process ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation will lift all restrictions on its online system for filing public-records requests and limit the amount of personal information users must provide, an FBI ...

A survey of capital-area government units found mixed compliance with the changes in Michigan’s Freedom of Information law that went into effect on July 1 and required greater detail and more online ...

Taking advantage of technology and preemptively posting frequently requested information online could help agencies address new Freedom of Information Act queries and tackle backlogs, FOIA officials ...

Under the Senate-passed FOIA Improvement Act of 2015, OMB would take the lead in creating a one-stop online portal for FOIA requests across the federal government. The Senate, by unanimous consent on ...

When President Obama took office, he earned widespread praise for loosening up Bush-era restrictions on the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which outlines the process by which citizens can request ...

A blank copy of Saginaw County's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request form. Though many public bodies have specific forms for citizens to use to request records, Michigan law merely requires a ...

Have you attempted to fax your way to full or partial disclosure of government documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) recently? Well too bad, suckers! Because the Office of the ...

Most citizens aren't aware our state's once nationally respected Freedom of Information Act of 1967 has dwindled to a mere shadow of its original self. This vitally important law became effectively ...