In recent years, the federal government has seen a sharp rise in the volume and complexity of Freedom of Information Act requests, creating an overwhelming challenge for government agencies. In fiscal ...

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 ...

Department of Homeland Security officials boxed up and forgot about 12,000 Freedom of Information Act unanswered requests, according to an angry Texas congressman. “It is not acceptable for DHS’s FOIA ...

Several school district officials said they are being inundated with Right-to-Know requests filed by FOIA Buddy, a business aiming to simplify public use of the Freedom of Information Act. Ever since ...

Naperville police want legislation to curb the growing number of Freedom of Information Act requests for body camera footage.

Bots powered by artificial intelligence are inundating open records offices with often frivolous petitions, but the same tools underpinning these software applications can also help professionals ...

Macomb County government attorneys have been flooded with a “tsunami” of Freedom of Information Act requests that the top lawyer partially attributed to “political turmoil and a general distrust in ...

"Failure to make determinations on or to produce documents requested in plaintiff’s FOIA requests within the time limits set by FOIA is a denial of those requests and wrongful withholding of records." ...

A Lee County judge ruled Tuesday, Jan. 6, in favor of Dixon's defense attorney's motion to pause the information-gathering pretrial process in a lawsuit that alleges the city did not comply with state ...

Discover how to easily request EEOC records on employer discrimination through the FOIA. Simplify the process and access essential information effectively.