2009

Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2008
      (posted 8/19/2009, updated 8/24/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2009
      (posted 08/14/2009)

2009 Edition of the Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act Now Available Online
      (posted 08/10/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- June 2009
      (posted 07/16/2009)

OIP Hosting Upcoming FOIA Requester Roundtable
      (posted 06/10/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2009
      (posted 06/08/2009)

2009 Department of Justice Guide to the Freedom of Information Act - Procedure for Ordering Copies
      (posted 05/18/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- April 2009
      (posted 05/13/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- March 2009
      (posted 04/20/2009)

OIP Guidance: President Obama's FOIA Memorandum and Attorney General Holder's FOIA Guidelines - Creating a "New Era of Open Government"
      (posted 04/17/2009)

Upcoming Conference Providing Guidance on President Obama’s and Attorney General Holder's Memoranda on the Freedom of Information Act
      (posted 03/20/2009)

Attorney General Holder Issues New Guidelines Governing the FOIA
      (posted 03/20/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- February 2009
      (posted 03/12/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- January 2009
      (posted 03/12/2009)

Summaries of New Decisions -- December 2008
      (posted 03/12/2009)

Office of Information Policy (OIP)
      (posted 03/11/2009)

Annual FOIA Report Q & As (Consultations, Response Time and Remands)
      (posted 01/12/2009)

2008

Summaries of New Decisions -- November 2008
      (posted 12/23/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- October 2008
      (posted 11/24/2008)

FOIA Training Opportunities, Fiscal Year 2009
      (posted 11/20/2008)

OIP Guidance: New Requirement To Route Misdirected FOIA Requests
      (posted 11/18/2008)

OIP Guidance: New Limitations on Assessing Fees
      (posted 11/18/2008)

OIP Guidance: New Limitations on Tolling the FOIA's Response Time
      (posted 11/18/2008)

OIP Guidance: Assigning Tracking Numbers and Providing Status Information for Requests
      (posted 11/18/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- September 2008
      (posted 10/31/2008)

OIP Guidance: Segregating and Marking Documents for Release in Accordance with the Open Government Act
      (posted 10/23/2008)

Question and Answer: Annual FOIA Report (Expedited Processing and Fee Waiver Requests)
      (posted 10/07/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- August 2008
      (posted 09/17/2008)

Treatment of Agency Records Maintained For an Agency By a Government Contractor for Purposes of Records Management
      (posted 9/09/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2008
      (posted 08/21/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- June 2008
      (posted 07/21/2008)

Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for FY 2007
      (posted 07/01/2008)

Guidance on Preparing Backlog Reduction Plans
      (posted 06/27/2008)

Guidance on Submitting Certification of Agency Compliance with FOIA's Reading Room Requirements
      (posted 06/27/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2008
      (posted 06/16/2008)

Department of Justice Issues New Annual FOIA Report Guidance
      (posted 05/22/2008)

2008 Guidelines for Agency Preparation of Annual FOIA Reports
      (posted 05/22/2008; supplemented 10/16/2008 (Section VIII))

Summaries of New Decisions -- April 2008
      (posted 05/12/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- March 2008
      (posted 4/07/2008)

Missouri District Court Issues Ruling on Attorney Fees Provision of OPEN Government Act
      (posted 3/27/2008)

Celebrating James Madison and the Freedom of Information Act
      (posted 3/13/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- February 2008
      (posted 3/06/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- January 2008
      (posted 2/25/2008)

Summaries of New Decisions -- December 2007
      (posted 1/24/2008)

Congress Passes Amendments to the FOIA
      (posted 1/09/2008)

2007

Summaries of New Decisions -- November 2007
      (posted 12/21/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- October 2007
      (posted 11/27/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- September 2007
      (posted 11/16/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- August 2007
      (posted 10/17/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- July 2007
      (posted 10/11/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- June 2007
      (posted 9/27/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- May 2007
      (posted 9/21/2007)

Summary of Annual FOIA Reports for Fiscal Year 2006
      (posted 9/14/2007)

Summaries of New Decisions -- April 2007
      (posted 9/10/2007)

Guidance on Submitting Backlog Reduction Goals for Fiscal Years 2008, 2009, and 2010
      (posted 9/7/2007)

New FOIA Post Feature -- Summaries of New Decisions in FOIA Cases
      (posted 9/4/2007)

2006

FOIA Counselor Q&A
      (posted 1/24/06)

2005

Treatment of Unit Prices After McDonnell Douglas v. Air Force
      (posted 9/8/05)

2004

The Limits of Agency Translation Obligations Under the FOIA
      (posted 12/1/04)

The Use of Contractors in FOIA Administration
      (posted 9/30/04)

Use of "Cut-Off" Dates for FOIA Searches
      (posted 5/6/04)

Supreme Court Rules for "Survivor Privacy" in Favish
      (posted 4/9/04)

2003

Agencies Rely on Wide Range of Exemption 3 Statutes
      (posted 12/16/03)

FOIA Counselor Q&A:   "Frequently Requested" Records
      (posted 7/25/03)

Supreme Court Vacates and Remands in ATF Database Case
      (posted 3/25/03)

Homeland Security Law Contains New Exemption 3 Statute
      (posted 1/27/03)

2002

FOIA Amended by Intelligence Authorization Act
      (posted 12/23/02)

New McDonnell Douglas Opinion Aids Unit Price Decisionmaking
      (posted 10/4/02)

NTIS:   An Available Means of Record Disclosure
      (posted 8/30/02; supplemented 9/23/02)

Treatment of Unit Prices Under Exemption 4
      (posted 5/29/02)

2001

 

Supreme Court Declines to Review Waiver Case
      (posted 8/7/01)

Supreme Court Rules in Exemption 5 Case
      (posted 4/4/01)

Other issues of FOIA Post are available in the Archive section of the Department website.