The Office of Information Policy (OIP) at the Department of Justice recently improved the FOIA.gov Search Tool. Launched in October 2023, the upgrades are expected to improve the results and sources the Search Tool delivers. The tool guides users through the process of locating already public information or identifying the correct federal agency to submit … Continue reading OIP Offers Upgrades to FOIA.gov Search Tool
Announcing new and higher Navy pay. National Archives Identifier 513511 The Chief FOIA Officers (CFO) Council Committee on Cross-Agency Collaboration and Innovation (COCACI) recently published a white paper on FOIA.gov that presents findings and recommendations on ways to standardize the job series that many FOIA professionals fall into. COCACI’s Working Group for Standardizing the Government … Continue reading COCACI Working Group Publishes White Paper on GIS Job Series
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 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
Fernando Penalosa and Maria Teresa Inigo at the busy circulation desk. Through the open doors in back of the patrons at the desk is the entrance to the Main Reading Room. The reference desk is to its immediate right. National Archive Identifier 23932427 Today’s blog post was guest written by Dan Levenson. The Office of … Continue reading OGIS Publishes Two New Ombuds Observers
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
A 1967 arrangement of gold bearings used by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. National Archives Identifier 354900450 Requesters, the next time you work to "reasonably describe” records in a FOIA request or visit FOIA.gov for agency FOIA data, you can thank the 1974 FOIA amendments. And agency FOIA professionals, you can thank the 1974 … Continue reading 1974 FOIA Amendments Mark Golden Anniversary
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
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
As part of a brainstorming activity. members of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Committee are asked to share what they would like in a FOIA policy during the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) advisory committee meeting at the National Archives in Washington. DC. on July 21. 2016. NARA photo by Brogan Jackson. National Archives … Continue reading Register Today for November 7 Chief FOIA Officers Council Meeting
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