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Secrecy and FOIA

Declassified Dirty War Documents, PDBs from Nixon and Ford Administrations to be Released, and More: FRINFORMSUM 8/11/2016
Aug 11, 2016 | Blog Post
DOJ Arguments “Inconsistent with the Purpose of the FOIA” and More: FRINFORMSUM 8/4/2016
Aug 4, 2016 | Blog Post
Effectively Utilizing Available Tech Would Go a Long Way Preventing “Aneurysm-Inducing” FOIA Frustrations: FRINFORMSUM 7/28/16
Jul 28, 2016 | Blog Post
What Pressing Issues Will the FOIA Advisory Committee Tackle for its Second Term? FRINFORMSOM 7/21/16
Jul 21, 2016 | Blog Post
Federal Mugshots no Longer FOIA-able: FRINFORMSUM 7/14/2016
Jul 14, 2016 | Blog Post
FBI’s Classification Investigation Overlooks Clinton’s FOIA Evasion: FRINFORMSUM 7/7/2016
Jul 7, 2016 | Blog Post
President Obama Signs Freedom of Information Act Improvements Into Law
Jun 30, 2016 | News
At 4:00 PM today President Barack Obama signed the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 (S. 337) into law. The bipartisan, bicameral bill – introduced by Senators John Cornyn, Chuck Grassley, and Patrick Leahy, and supported by Representatives Jason Chaffetz and Elijah Cummings in the House – will improve FOIA in several meaningful ways and reflects many of the findings of the National Security Archive’s FOIA audits and litigation.
FBI Tells Orlando Law Enforcement Not to Respond to Records Requests as FOIA Turns 50: A Supersized FRINFORMSUM 6/30/2016
Jun 30, 2016 | Blog Post
FOIA Reform Sent to President, Privacy Oversight Board May be Curtailed, Powerful Surveillance Letters Not Expanded – for Now: FRINFORMSUM 6/23/2016
Jun 23, 2016 | Blog Post
90-year-old Cryptanalytic Efforts Must Stay Secret, says NSA
Jun 20, 2016 | Blog Post

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