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.

And it's getting worse as the number of FOIA requests filed every year grows. In FY 2022, the government-wide FOIA backlog surpassed 200,000 requests for the first time.

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 ...

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.

(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 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 ...