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

FOIA Advisory Committee Meets on Friday, September 13

WAC Sgt. Molly Thavenet, 6 Moss Street, Westerly, R.I., now serving in Italy as a Staff secretary with the 15th Air Force, puts the torch of her cigarette lighter to the last page on her desk calendar, thus closing out a most memorable year. National Archives Identifier 204911363 Mark your calendar for Friday, September 13, … Continue reading FOIA Advisory Committee Meets on Friday, September 13

Join Us for the Inaugural Meeting of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee

"Join us on the Farm Front" National Archives Identifier 514751 The 2024-2026 term of the FOIA Advisory Committee will gather in person for the first meeting of the sixth term on Monday, September 9, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. … Continue reading Join Us for the Inaugural Meeting of the 2024-2026 FOIA Advisory Committee