Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Marianne Manheim

Today we present an interview with Marianne Manheim, Chief of the FOIA, Privacy and Records Branch at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services and a member of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee. This is part of a series of posts on the … Continue reading Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Marianne Manheim

Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Scott Hodes

Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Scott Hodes Today we present an interview with Scott Hodes, Associate Counsel at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and a member of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee. This is part of a series of posts on the Committee, whose members are FOIA experts from inside and outside of government and who … Continue reading Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Scott Hodes

Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Shelley Kimball

Today we present an interview with Shelley Kimball, Associate Communication Program Director and Senior Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee. This is part of a series of posts on the Committee, whose members are FOIA experts from inside and outside of government and who are appointed by the … Continue reading Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Shelley Kimball

Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Kevin Bell

Today we present an interview with Kevin Bell, attorney-advisor at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and a member of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee. This is part of a series of posts on the Committee, whose members are FOIA experts from inside and outside of government and who are appointed by the Archivist of the … Continue reading Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Kevin Bell

Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Richard Peltz-Steele

Today we present an interview with Richard Peltz-Steele, Professor of Law at the University of Massachusetts School of Law and a member of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee. This is part of a series of posts on the Committee, whose members are FOIA experts from inside and outside of government and who are appointed by the … Continue reading Getting to Know the FOIA Advisory Committee: Richard Peltz-Steele

FOIA Advisory Committee Meets on December 5

Roundtable discussion at the Congressional Black Caucus Delegation Educational Forum and Convention. National Archives Identifier 355307440 The next meeting of the 2024-2026 term of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee is on Thursday, December 5, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET.  The Committee will hear the mission statements and updates from … Continue reading FOIA Advisory Committee Meets on December 5

Chief FOIA Officers Meeting Recap and Updates to the FOIA Recommendations Dashboard

Working in Mission-Oriented Protective Posture response level 4 (MOPP-4), STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Ronald Wesley, (left), USAF, 731st Air Mobility Squadron, (AMS), directs airmen via megaphone as SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Robert Woodruff, USAF, prepares to push cargo onto a C-130 Hercules. National Archives Identifier 6606170 The Chief FOIA Officers Council’s November 7th meeting was full of … Continue reading Chief FOIA Officers Meeting Recap and Updates to the FOIA Recommendations Dashboard

Getting to Know the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee Members

Photograph of Welcome Wagon Service. National Archives Identifier 202802859 During the 2020-2022 and 2022-2024 terms of the FOIA Advisory Committee, we profiled most of the members on this blog by asking them a few questions about their FOIA experience and what they hoped to accomplish on the Committee. Several returning members were previously profiled including David Cuillier, who … Continue reading Getting to Know the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee Members

2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee is Off and Running with Three Subcommittees

A colorful sea of in-line skaters blankets the North Shore Scenic Drive in this photo of the North Shore In-Line Marathon. National Archives Identifier 7720689. The 2024-2026 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Advisory Committee met on Friday, September 13, and organized themselves into three subcommittees. Each subcommittee is led by two co-chairs, one a government … Continue reading 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee is Off and Running with Three Subcommittees

First Meeting of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee Recap

The 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee members meet on stage on Monday, September 9, 2024, in the McGowan Theater in the National Archives building. The 2024-2026 term of the FOIA Advisory Committee met on Monday, September 9 at the National Archives in Washington, DC,  to launch the Committee’s sixth term. It was the first in-person meeting … Continue reading First Meeting of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee Recap