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Does a viral video show a "leak" from a FOIA release that proves Hillary Clinton sent an email requesting documents about the ...
In FY 2024, over 200,000 Freedom of Information Act requests were backlogged, according to the Government Accountability ...
The Jeffrey Epstein controversy continues to dominate headlines, but President Donald Trump is hoping it will go away. Trump ...
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, ...
First enacted in 1966, FOIA allows groups and private individuals, including non-U.S. citizens, to request documents and other information from U.S. agencies.
WASHINGTON DC (07/31/2025) – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has filed three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ...
FOIA is “ getting worse under Trump,” according to the Freedom of the Press Foundation. FOIA requestors received nothing or censored files in 78% of cases in 2017, and stonewalling often seems ...
The Ninth Circuit rules that FOIA does not protect data from disclosure.  As we previously reported, the Center for Investigative Reporting and ...
No, Your FOIA Request Cannot Wait ‘Until This Emergency Is Over’ Ignoring Freedom of Information Act requests during the crisis damages democracy. May 12, 2020 Nicholas Konrad Share full article ...
Anyone, excluding prisoners in state or local correctional facilities, may file a Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with WMU. Within five business days of receiving a written request, ...
They’re arguing over four letters that form the core of transparency about what our government is up to: FOIA, or Freedom of Information Act, the federal version of which turns 50 next year.