A federal judge ruled audio tied to Joe Biden’s 2017 memoir about his son Beau can be released under FOIA; Biden is appealing ...

Charleston-based law firm Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd is leading the probe into the unintended release of 9,000 pages of unredacted documents that happened last year.

Candace Owens accused the FBI of rejecting a FOIA request seeking Kash Patel's travel records for September 2025. The FBI has ...

The Department of Energy will stop processing requests for information if the public doesn’t respond by Sept. 15. The Department of Energy says it’s being inundated with requests under the Freedom of ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In January, CJR contributors published a selection of FOIA best practices, based on an analysis of more than 33,000 such ...

FOIA offices are struggling with the complexity of today's data environments as federal agencies are collecting more data in more formats than ever before. As agencies process and store increasing ...

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often invisible, work of public servants working for local municipalities. The Freedom of ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 18: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) In this episode of Tax Notes ...

When her daughter started kindergarten, Miriam Bhimani was eager to get more context about how decisions were being made at the Chicago elementary school. So she started writing requests to the ...

It’s March, and beyond seasonal allergies and college basketball, that means the FBI’s controversial changes to its FOIA request system are now fully implemented. For reporters and government ...

Over the past decade I've submitted hundreds of records requests to federal agencies through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). I've written extensively about the law, taught college students how ...

UPDATE: Township waives $3K FOIA bill for Michigan couple fighting to keep their land RIVES TWP., MI – When Jobeth Carlton ...