Increasingly, though, federal agencies have been overwhelmed, in part because a wave of automated systems is flooding FOIA offices, funded by right-wing money. Federal FOIA requests have nearly ...

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 ...

DHS has changed how it responds to FOIA requests from immigrants facing deportation, in a way that deprives many of the only ...

“….[W]e file Freedom of Information Act requests with government agencies, comb through industry reports, crunch numbers, and interview and photograph people out ...

To another FOIA request about President Biden’s plan to spend billions to hire 87,000 new agents, the IRS initially claimed that there were no records at all. The agency in charge of collecting taxes ...

When most people think about the Freedom of Information Act, they imagine journalists prying loose hidden facts or activists holding officials accountable. But FOIA is also a workhorse tool for ...

Gov. Sarah Sanders announces a special session to consider tax cuts and a rollback of public access to government information. Credit: Brian Chilson Arkansas government could be more efficient with a ...

Several bills currently pending in the Virginia General Assembly may significantly impact FOIA compliance for public bodies. These proposals reflect ...