There are countless secrets hidden in government documents. As The Post's FOIA director, I help reporters figure out how to find them. Here's how I do it.

FOIA has no teeth and bureaucrats abuse its exemptions. Just redact and release every federal workers' emails instead.

The Trump administration is violating the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by refusing to release documents about "politically motivated" immigration enforcement and mass deportations, a lawsuit ...

Visit the newly minted FOIA.gov website, and you’ll see various statistics on FOIA requests and processing times. For 2023, the average processing time for simple requests for all agencies ...

To agency officers and employees with a need for the record to perform their duties. As required under FOIA. Pursuant to a routine use. To the Census Bureau for conducting a census or survey, or ...

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is demanding to know how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to comply wit… ...

How FOIA Gave Rise to Government Transparency Laws Around the World Flawed as it may be, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act became a model in transparency for other countries to follow.

Fewer FOIA professionals are processing more complex requests, the report noted, even as the federal backlog of open petitions already exceeds 200,000. And these already overburdened offices are ...

The Washington Post today announces the first installment of “Revealing Records,” a new column anchored by Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Director Nate Jones. The first-of-its kind column ...