Majma said 18F is trying to help agencies make the FOIA experience more intuitive for the requester, which should result in clearer and better-targeted queries.

If confusion is the first step to knowledge, FOIA users must be geniuses. Fee categories. Pre-determination agency actions. Multitrack processing. Administrative appeals. Glomar responses. In some ...

The White House Office of Management and Budget is asking agencies to get their National FOIA Portal interoperability plans in order. The FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 required that OMB and the ...

The search tool is powered by a combination of machine learning and logic, pointing users toward relevant documents that are public or guidance on where to request specific information. Previous ...

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 ...

What can a FOIA requester do before submitting their request to help ensure that it is not denied under the deliberative process privilege? It is often difficult for a requester to know what ...

At the same time, the CBP FOIA request form asks filers to "include as much information as possible to assist us in locating the record (s) you are seeking." ...

PAXTON, Ill. (WCIA) — Two identical open-record requests into a teacher/coach accused of sexual misconduct yielded two very different responses from the Paxton-Buckley-Loda school district over ...