Agencies often cite the privilege when denying records requests, but RCFP's Gunita Singh offers journalists tips to avoid rejection. This is Part 2 of a two-part series on FOIA’s deliberative process ...

Boasting wide, bipartisan support from Michiganders, transparency in government runs on the behind-the-scenes, often ...

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office found that while Freedom of Information Act requests have decreased in the wake of the pandemic, FOIA backlogs have disproportionately ...

The coronavirus is disrupting the nation’s already backlogged Freedom of Information Act process. The FBI announced on Tuesday that, “due to the emerging COVID-19 ...

“We’re at the tipping point,” said David Cuillier, the director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project at the University of Florida, which researches and advocates for the process of acquiring ...

The government says the number and complexity of requests hit a record high in 2025.

“The federal suit filed by MIT national security researcher Ryan Shapiro on the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of FOIA this month claims that the FBI is using software developed in 1995 to ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Ever had trouble paying a Freedom of Information Act request? A new executive directive signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer will require all State of Michigan departments to ...

This story has been updated with additional information regarding Virginia's Freedom of Information Act. The Loudoun County Office of Elections has been slammed with a record number of Freedom of ...