Proactive disclosure

Where agencies publicly release records without waiting for a request for the records from the public. Under subsection (a)(2) of the federal Freedom of Information Act, agencies must -- on their own -- make available to the public the following: final opinions and orders issued in cases; policy and interpretations the agency adopts which are not published in the Federal Register; administrative staff manuals and staff instructions where they affect a member of the public; copies of records that have been released to another person following a FOIA request where -- due to the nature of the subject matter -- substantially the same records have or will be requested again, and an index of these records.