Freedom of Information request charges considered
Proposals for charges for making Freedom of Information requests in response to a growing number of "complex" cases have been ...
In the US, information gets less free
This month, my colleague Max Cherney e-mailed one of his government contacts to ask about the status of his overdue request ...
DOGE Keeps Trying to Dodge the Freedom of Information Act. So We’re Suing.
DOGE claims it’s not an “agency” that has to comply with FOIA. We don’t buy it — and so far judges haven’t, either.
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The fifth freedom, under attack
The future looks bleak, but it's not certain. Much like the public needs information from the government to function in a ...
Top House Democrats seek DOGE details, questioning if it operates ‘outside the bounds’ of US law
Top Democrats on the House Judiciary and House Oversight committees have filed a lengthy Freedom of Information Act request ...
Albany must fix the Freedom of Information Law
It’s Sunshine Week — a 20-year tradition created by the American Society of Newspaper Editors to push for government ...
Lifting the ‘veil of secrecy’ in CT. How open government laws made a difference.
Connecticut’s FOI law allows access to many records and meetings. If the FOI law were not enacted, members of the public ...