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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

The requester's definitive collection of FOIA resources from the National Security Archive

Why We File

To celebrate Sunshine Week 2018, Nate Jones talks to the Export Import Bank about the Freedom of Information Act from a requester's perspective.

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2020 FOIA audit
How Transparent is President Trump? Audit Shows Three-Quarters of His Decisions Have Been Bad for Openness

Washington, D.C. March 12, 2020 – President Trump has made three times as many pro-secrecy decisions as pro-transparency ones since taking office — this according to a National...

Mar 12, 2020

Previous Postings

Zelinsky and Trump
Court Rejects Archive Lawsuit over Trump’s Abuse of Records Law
Feb 11, 2020
catlike
Archive FOIA Cable Shows Guantanamo Prosecutors Misleading Defense
Nov 11, 2019
Acting US Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor arrives for a deposition in the House Impeachment inquiry on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, October 22, 2019
Archive, CREW, Historians Sue Pompeo, State Department over Failure to Create Records
Nov 5, 2019
notice of electronic filing
Federal Judge Orders White House to Preserve Head of State Call Records
Oct 4, 2019
TRO notice
Government agrees to preserve White House records
Oct 2, 2019
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Filed October 1, 2019.
Archive, CREW, Historians Ask Federal Judge to Preserve Head of State Records
Oct 1, 2019
List of visitors
Secret Service Releases Records on Chinese President Xi’s 2017 Visit to Mar-a-Lago
Aug 2, 2019
White House Failure to Document Heads of State Meetings Violates Records Law
May 7, 2019
National Security Archive Joins Media Groups Versus Unlimited Gag Orders
May 3, 2019
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