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

A former U.S. Marine and NYPD officer who violently assaulted a cop at the Capitol on Jan. 6 has been denied a Freedom of ...

The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a powerful statute. Enacted in 1966, it established a mechanism for members of the public to request agency records from federal information and documents, ...

WASHINGTON DC (07/31/2025) – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has filed three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ...

The State Democracy Defenders Fund, a Democrat-aligned legal hub, on Monday filed a series of Freedom of Information Act ...

TAMPA, Fla. — It’s described as the law that keeps citizens in the know about the government. The Freedom of Information Act, or, FOIA, enacted in 1966, gives Americans the right to obtain ...

We wouldn’t know, for example, if the university was improperly experimenting on animals — the very thing that Justin Goodman found in 2004 when he used Connecticut’s Freedom of Information ...

That email was part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Like many of the documents in the response, the CDC had completely ...

LANSING — A Michigan House committee advanced legislation Wednesday to expand the state's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to cover the governor's office and state Legislature, raising the ...

More from Wes on Freedom of Information. Debated, amended, and currently under siege – the Freedom of Information Act remains one of the sharpest weapons in a researcher’s arsenal.

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- Illinois' Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, is a powerful tool of transparency and accountability. It allows anyone to request access to government records. The information can ...