The Federal Freedom of Information Act
Do you actually have to file a request?
Try the informal approach first
Expedited processing and fast-tracking your request
Exemptions to disclosure under FOIA
Major U.S. Supreme Court FOIA cases
Sidebars:
Mandatory declassification review
The Federal Advisory Committee Act
The Government in the Sunshine Act
How to enforce the Sunshine Act
Exemptions to open meetings under the Sunshine Act
How Privacy Act lawsuits affect journalists
Sample materials
Request letter for your own files under FOIA and the Privacy Act
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Vice President Joe Biden looks on as President Barack Obama signs executive orders during a meeting with their senior staff, Jan. 21, 2009. At the meeting, Obama issued memos on government transparency and FOIA. “For a long time now, there’s been too much secrecy in this city,” Obama said. “The old rules said that if there was a defensible argument for not disclosing something to the American people, then it should not be disclosed. That era is now over.” AP Photo by J. Scott Applewhite |
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